SOLUTION: I have been studying all day and doing practice problems from my math book to get me ready for a test. I am stuck at 3.1 in my book. I am to this point and i do not understand ho

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Question 409167: I have been studying all day and doing practice problems from my math book to get me ready for a test. I am stuck at 3.1 in my book. I am to this point and i do not understand how to solve a problem like the following:
simplifying expressions:
3+6(w+2)+w
I know I have to use the distributive property, Where I am confused is what do I do with 3+6 Do i add this and then use the answer to distribute over (w+2) and then add +w? I just really need to know the steps so that i can practice more problems like these
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one thing at a time
6(w+2) first
6w+12
so now we have
3+6w+12+w
combine like terms
15+7w