Twice the sum of three times a number and eight

Question

Twice the sum of three times a number and eight

Answer 1

Twice the sum of three times a number and eight

This looks like an exercise in translation from English to Math

Twice 2 * ( )

the sum of … and … ( _ + _ )

three times a number 3 * x or 3 x

and eight + 8

Combining it all together we get the answer

2 * ( 3 * x + 8 ) or 2 (3x + 8)

This expression can be simplified by opening the parentheses

2 (3x + 8) = 6x + 16