document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=214218>Question 214218</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am a mom and trying to see if my daughter got this question right.  She is a 7th grader.  Her question is Use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression.  Then evaluate the expression.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The problem is -3(16+5-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Her answer is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3*16+3*5-3*(-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-48+(-15)-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-60\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #161795 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drj><B>drj(1380)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drj><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=drj><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=161795\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am a mom and trying to see if my daughter got this question right.  She is a 7th grader.  Her question is Use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression.  Then evaluate the expression.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem is -3(16+5-1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Her answer is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3*16+(-3)*5-3*(-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-48+(-15)-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-60  (should be -66 not -60)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I rewrote your expressions above and your daughter got the steps correctly except for the last line should add up to -66.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I hope the above modified steps were clear.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And good luck with your daughter's studies!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Respectfully,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Dr J<BR>\n" );
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