Apply properties of operatione to write an equivalent expression

4t

Step-by-step explanation:

All we are doing is combining like terms and since all of then have a "t" in it we would just add the 4 "t's" together like normal addition.

for this case we must apply distributive property to the following expression:

the distributive property states that:

then, when applying the property we have to multiply the -2 for each term within the parenthesis: