Lloyd solves the equation 24x + 18(x – 2) = 216 for x. Some of his steps are shown.

Step 1: 24x + 18(x – 2) = 216

Step 2: 24x + 18x – 36 = 216

Step 3: 42x – 36 = 216

Step 4: 42x = 252

Which of the following statements BEST describes what Lloyd did to get from Step 3 to Step 4?

A.
combined liked terms

B.
used the distributive property

C.
used the addition property of equality

D.
used the multiplicative inverse property