Drag each equation to show if it could be a correct first step to solving the equation 3 (6 + x) = 24. 18 + x = 24 18 + 3x=24 3 (6 + x) = 72 (3 x 6) + (3 X x) = 24 6 + 3x = 24 6 + x = 8 Yes No Not Enough Information

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Melody Hughes

Mathematics

12 January, 20:20

Drag each equation to show if it could be a correct first step to solving the equation 3 (6 + x) = 24. 18 + x = 24 18 + 3x=24 3 (6 + x) = 72 (3 x 6) + (3 X x) = 24 6 + 3x = 24 6 + x = 8 Yes No Not Enough Information

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Georgia Castaneda · Answer 1

(3*6) + (3*x) = 18 ← 1st Step

Step-by-step explanation:

3 (6+x) = 18

Expanding brackets by distributive property

=> (3*6) + (3*x) = 18 ← 1st Step

Multiplying

=> 18 + 3x = 18 ← 2nd Step

Subtracting 18 to both sides

=> 3x = 24-18 ← 3rd Step

=> 3x = 6 ← 4th Step

Dividing both sides by 3

=> x = 2 ← 5th Step