Simplifying Linear Expressions

The distributive property describes __________ .

• how often my teacher passes out Oriole stickers.

• the method that allows Santa Claus to distribute Christmas gifts to every child in the world in a single night

• how multiplication interacts with addition

• how order of operations changes once we begin using fractions

• Cannot simplify because 3 and 4x are not like terms.

• You can't unless you know what x is.

• Just smile and nod while your partner does it

Simplify the expression:
6 + 2(7x - 3) 

• 14x + 12
• 14x
• 14x - 12
• 56x - 24

-(-x + 2) - 4x

• -5x - 2
• -3x + 2
• -5x + 2
• -3x  - 2