When solving equation which is the best first step to begin to simplify the equation -2(x+3)=-10

Sum is 17 and their difference is 3

The u-drive rent-a-truck company plans to spend $13 million on 320 new vehicles. each commercial van will cost $25 comma 000, each small truck $50 comma 000, and each large truck  $80 comma 000. past experience shows that they need twice as many vans as small trucks. how many of each type of vehicle can they buy?

The area of a rectangle is 10 cm^2. one side of the rectangle is x cm. express the perimeter of the rectangle in terms of x and show that this rectangle cannot have a perimeter of 12 cm. the perimeter of the rectangle in terms of x is __ cm