Ranger was given this expression to simplify. 4(2x – 5)What advice to simplify the expression would you give Ranger? Check all that apply.

Use the distributive property: multiply 4 by each term inside the parentheses, so 4(2x − 5) = 8x − 20. The 4 is multiplied, not added, to each term. The simplified expression 8x − 20 has the same value as the original expression, so it is equivalent.

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