document.write( "Question 891008: Find the greatest common factor of 165 and 135 and use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression for 165 + 135 \n" ); document.write( "
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Find the greatest common factor of 165 and 135 and use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression for 165 + 135
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\n" ); document.write( "165 = 5*33 = 5*3*11
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\n" ); document.write( "135 = 5*27 = 5*3^3
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\n" ); document.write( "GCF = 5*3 = 15
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\n" ); document.write( "165 + 135 = 15(11+3^2) = 15(11+9) = 15*20 = 300
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