Lloyd solves the equation 24x + 18(x – 2) = 216 for x. Some of his steps are shown.
Step 1: 24x + 18(x – 2) = 216
Step 2: 24x + 18x – 36 = 216
Step 3: 42x – 36 = 216
Step 4: 42x = 252
Which of the following statements BEST describes what Lloyd did to get from Step 3 to Step 4?
A
combined liked terms
B
used the distributive property
C
used the addition property of equality
D
used the multiplicative inverse property
C
used the addition property of equality