What is f(x) + f(x) + f(x)?

The same expression f(x) is added three times: f(x) + f(x) + f(x). Repeated addition of a quantity is multiplication, so this equals 3f(x). Choice C, 3f(x), is correct; choice A would mean f(x) multiplied by itself three times.

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