How To Solve

To solve 

- Isolate the variable 

- cancel constant

- balance

- simplify

- cancel coefficient

-balance

-simplify

- VERIFY!

To Solve

- Isolate variable

-cancel constant 

- balance

-cancel divide 

using multiplication

-balance

- simplify

- VERIFY!

To solve distributive property you can do an over, under method which just means that you multiply your variable and constant by your coefficient.3(X + 2) = 9 now over under.

3X +2

3x +2

3X + 2

3x + 6 = 9