SOLUTION: simplify each expression 3(a+2)+a

Question 230077: simplify each expression

3(a+2)+a

Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
By distributive property,

3(a+2) +a means the same as
3a+6 + 1a

Now combine like terms and you have
4a+6

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