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How do you do distributive property with equations?

 Dec 1, 2015
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EX.

3(9+5x)=12

You can distribute the muliplyer (3) to the the two things being multiplyed (9) and (5x)

3(9)+3(5x)=12

Then you would multiply

27+15x=12

Solving the eqaution you would get....

x=-1

Hope that helps you!

 Dec 1, 2015

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