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Which is a correct first step to solve $5(x + 3) = 20$ ?

Divide both sides by 5 to get $x + 3 = 4$ .

Distribute to get $5x + 15 = 20$ .

Subtract 3 from both sides to get $5x = 17$ .

Subtract 20 from both sides to get $5(x+3) - 20 = 0$ , then stop.