Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}2x+\frac{10}{2}x& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}(2+\frac{10}{2})x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}7x\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Use the distributive property. |
| ② | Combine like terms |