Given:
The equation is:
[tex]x(4+5)=54[/tex]
To find:
The next step in simplifying the equation by using distributive property.
Solution:
Distributive property: According to this property if a, b and c are three real numbers, then
[tex]a(b+c)=ab+ac[/tex]
We have,
[tex]x(4+5)=54[/tex]
Using the distributive property, we get
[tex]x(4)+x(5)=54[/tex]
It can be written as:
[tex]4x+5x=54[/tex]
Therefore, the next step of the simplification is [tex]4x+5x=54[/tex].
