12x + 4 ➗ 4 + 20x + 5 ➗ 5
1. PEMDAS (order of operations) solve the division problems
(4 divided by 4 & 5 divided by 5)
12x + 1 + 20x + 1
2. Swap around the order of operations as commutative property states that you can swap the order of an addition problem and get the same answer.
12x + 20x + 1 + 1
3. Add like terms
32x + 2
This is the most simplified answer you could get as you can not add 32x and 2 as they are not like terms.
