Question

The first step chelsea used to solve an equation is shown below

3x^2 +4x =19
x(3x +4) =19

what property justifies this step?

A. Inverse property
B. commutative property
C. Associative property
D.distributive property

Answer 1

D. Distributive property

Answer 2

Answer:

The distributive property.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is because she distributed the x to each term within the parenthesis - or in this case, did the reverse of that.