Answer:
3x+9, 3(x+3)
Explanation:
The parentheses in the equation are misleading because according to the commutative property, we can add the numbers in any order we want
We can start by adding the 2x and x to get 3x
Then we can add 5 + 4 and get 9
3x+9
If you want to go even further, we can factor out a 3
3(x+3)
