The total cost (in dollars) for a company to manufacture and sell x items per week is C=70x+650, whereas the revenue brought in by selling all x items is R=120x−0.5x2. How many items must be sold to obtain a weekly profit of $400?

Simonne used the following steps to simplify the given expression. 12-3(-2x+4) step 1: 12+(-)+(-3)(4) step 2: 12+6x+(-12) step 3: 12+(-12)+6x step 4: 0+6x step 5: 6x what property of real numbers was used to transition from step 3 to step 4? •identity property of addition •inverse property of addition •associative property of addition •commutative property of addition