Question

Which of the following should you do first when solving the equation 2x-7=3x-2(x+8)

Answer 1

Answer:

multiply 3x-2(x+8)

Step-by-step explanation:

PEMDAS

also you must simplify both sides to solve this problem and that's the first step to simplifying this side (the other one is simplified)

Answer 2

Answer:

You should start the question of by  distibuting the group 2(x+8)

Step-by-step explanation:

This is the most imoortant step to start off with because of:

GEMDAS

group, exponent, multiply, divide, add and subtract