Maricella solves for x in the equation 4 x minus 2 (3 x minus 4) + 4 = negative x + 3 (x + 1) + 1. She begins by adding –4 + 4 on the left side of the equation and 1 + 1 on the right side of the equation. Which best explains why Maricella’s strategy is incorrect? The multiplication that takes place while distributing comes before addition and subtraction in order of operations.
In order to combine like terms on one side of the equation, the inverse operation must be used.
When the problem is worked in the correct order, the numbers that Maricella added are not actually like terms.
Maricella did not combine all three constants on both sides of the equation; she combined only two.

Atrain traveled for 1.5 hours to the first station, stopped for 30 minutes, then traveled for 4 hours to the final station where it stopped for 1 hour. the total distance traveled is a function of time. which graph most accurately represents this scenario? a graph is shown with the x-axis labeled time (in hours) and the y-axis labeled total distance (in miles). the line begins at the origin and moves upward for 1.5 hours. the line then continues upward at a slow rate until 2 hours. from 2 to 6 hours, the line continues quickly upward. from 6 to 7 hours, it moves downward until it touches the x-axis a graph is shown with the axis labeled time (in hours) and the y axis labeled total distance (in miles). a line is shown beginning at the origin. the line moves upward until 1.5 hours, then is a horizontal line until 2 hours. the line moves quickly upward again until 6 hours, and then is horizontal until 7 hours a graph is shown with the axis labeled time (in hours) and the y-axis labeled total distance (in miles). the line begins at the y-axis where y equals 125. it is horizontal until 1.5 hours, then moves downward until 2 hours where it touches the x-axis. the line moves upward until 6 hours and then moves downward until 7 hours where it touches the x-axis a graph is shown with the axis labeled time (in hours) and the y-axis labeled total distance (in miles). the line begins at y equals 125 and is horizontal for 1.5 hours. the line moves downward until 2 hours, then back up until 5.5 hours. the line is horizontal from 5.5 to 7 hours