When solving the equation, which is the best first step to begin to simplify the equation?

Negative 2 (x + 3) = negative 10
(negative 2) (Negative 2) (x + 3) = negative 10 (negative 2)
Negative one-half (negative 2) (x + 3) = negative 10 (negative one-half)
StartFraction negative 2 over 2 EndFraction (x + 3) = StartFraction negative 10 over 2 EndFraction
StartFraction negative 2 over negative 10 EndFraction (x + 3) = StartFraction negative 10 over negative 10 EndFraction

The spring the owner of a sporting good store decreases the price of winter gloves from $10 to $8 each increases the price of swimming goggles from $8 to $10 without doing the math you think the percent decrease in the price of the gloves the same as the percent increase of the goggles explain why or why not

Lems1. the following data set represents the scores on intelligence quotient(iq) examinations of 40 sixth-grade students at a particular school: 114, 122, 103, 118, 99, 105, 134, 125, 117, 106, 109, 104, 111, 127,133, 111, 117, 103, 120, 98, 100, 130, 141, 119, 128, 106, 109, 115,113, 121, 100, 130, 125, 117, 119, 113, 104, 108, 110, 102(a) present this data set in a frequency histogram.(b) which class interval contains the greatest number of data values? (c) is there a roughly equal number of data in each class interval? (d) does the histogram appear to be approximately symmetric? if so, about which interval is it approximately symmetric?

Which exponential function has an initial value of 2? f(x) = 2(3x) f(x) = 3(2x)