Verified Answer :

klee48

8(x+2)
8x+16
When you multiply the two together, you get the simplified version.

Neuron

If you would like to solve 8 (x + 2), you can do this using the following steps:

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

The correct result would be 8
x + 16.