SOLUTION: Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses in the following expression. Then simplify your result if possible. 3(x + 4)

Question 76951: Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses in the following expression. Then simplify your result if possible.
3(x + 4)

Answer by avidreader27(9) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3(x+4)
This implies that the equation is equal to 0.
Using the distributive property, you would multiply each term inside the parentheses by whatever is outside of the parentheses.
3(x+4) comes out to be:
3x+12=0
Subtract 12 from both sides to get:
3x= -12
divide both sides by 3 to get:
x = -4
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