First, we must use the distributive property on both sides of the equation.

The distributive property states:

In other words, we can take the factor on the outside of the parentheses and multiply it by each term inside the parentheses.  

Therefore:

Simplify.

To solve this problem we need to use the distributive property. This property is used to multiply a term outside of a set of parentheses by each of the terms in the parentheses. 

Now we have 

This expression is simplified because we cannot add  to  because  has a variable  attached to it. 

To solve this problem we need to use the distributive property. This property is used to multiply a term outside of a set of parentheses by each of the terms in the parentheses. 

Now we have 

This expression is simplified because we cannot add  to  because  has a variable  attached to it. 

To solve this problem we need to use the distributive property. This property is used to multiply a term outside of a set of parentheses by each of the terms in the parentheses. 

Now we have 

This expression is simplified because we cannot add  to  because  has a variable  attached to it. 

To solve this problem we need to use the distributive property. This property is used to multiply a term outside of a set of parentheses by each of the terms in the parentheses. 

Now we have 

This expression is simplified because we cannot add  to  because we cannot add a number to a variable. 

To solve this problem we need to use the distributive property. This property is used to multiply a term outside of a set of parentheses by each of the terms in the parentheses. 

Now we have 

This expression is simplified because we cannot add  to  because  has a variable  attached to it. 

To solve this problem we need to use the distributive property. This property is used to multiply a term outside of a set of parentheses by each of the terms in the parentheses. 

Now we have 

This expression is simplified because we cannot add  to  because  has a variable  attached to it. 

To solve this problem we need to use the distributive property. This property is used to multiply a term outside of a set of parentheses by each of the terms in the parentheses. 

Now we have 

This expression is simplified because we cannot add  to  because  has a variable  attached to it. 

To solve this problem we need to use the distributive property. This property is used to multiply a term outside of a set of parentheses by each of the terms in the parentheses. 

Now we have 

This expression is simplified because we cannot add  to  because  has a variable  attached to it. 

To solve this problem we need to use the distributive property. This property is used to multiply a term outside of a set of parentheses by each of the terms in the parentheses. 

Now we have 

This expression is simplified because we cannot add  to  because  has a variable  attached to it.