Roger is a wildlife researcher who has been hired to study and track the
population of bears in a national park. In Year 1 of the study, Roger determines
that the park is home to x bears. In Year 2, the population has increased to
x+10 bears, and in Year 3, the population has increased to 2(x+10) bears Use the Distributive Property to rewrite the bear population in Year 3
without needing to use parentheses.
2(x+10) = 2x + 20
Therefore, the bear population in Year 3 can be rewritten as 2x + 20.