Question 15 • Algebra 1
Step 1 changes the order of the terms, moving −3x after 4x, but it does not use the distributive property. The distributive property expands multiplication across addition or subtraction; here, the terms are simply reordered. Steps 2–5 correctly combine like terms and solve for x, so the incorrect instruction is in Step 1, choice C.
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