consider the equation below
-2(5x + 8) = 14 +6x
the equation was solved using the following steps
step 1: -10x - 16 = 14 + 6x
step 2: -16x - 16 = 14
step 3: -16x = 30
step 4: x = 30/-16
step 5: x = - 15/8
complete the statements below with the process used to achieve steps 1-4
step 1 (distribute, add, subtract, divide,)
step 2 (divide by, subtract, add, multiply by)
step 3 (add, multiply by, divide by, subtract)
step 4 (add, multiply by, divide by, subtract)