Ybtyranny23go Ybtyranny23go Mathematics Answered Simplify using the distributive property. 5x + 3(x + 7) = 11 - (2x + 5) 8 x + 7 = 16 - 2 x 8 x + 21 = 6 - 2 x 6 x + 2 = 17 - 2 x