How do you simplify $2(x+8)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-19T06:27:26

$2x+16$

$color(blue)(2(x+8)$

Use the distributive property

$color(brown)(a(b+c)=ab+ac$

So,

$rarr(2)(x)+(2)(8)$

$color(green)(rArr2x+16$

Cannot be simplified further

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