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How do you simplify $x + 3 x + 5 + x$ $x + 3x + 5 + x$ ?

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Sep 7, 2015

$= 5 x + 5$ $=color(blue)(5x +5$

Explanation:

$x + 3 x + 5 + x$ $x+3x+5+x$

Grouping like terms
$= x + 3 x + x + 5$ $=color(blue)(x+3x+x) +5$

$= 5 x + 5$ $=color(blue)(5x +5$

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