To answer the question you must simplify the left side. 1.7x-3+4x+4 In the first step, I simplified the parentheses in 4x+4 2. 7x+4x-3+4 In the next step, I used the distributive property to group the like terms. 3. 11x-7 I solved the right side of the equations to get 11x-7 Answer: 11x-7