SOLUTION: can you finish the equation: (4x + 2) + x =

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Question 355632: can you finish the equation: (4x + 2) + x =
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(4x + 2) + x = x + (4x + 2) | commutativity

=(x + 4x) + 2 | associativity

=(1+4)x + 2 | distributivity

=5x + 2