document.write( "Question 1049442: Can you help me solve this word problem?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Would you solve the equation 10=4(y-1) by using distributive property or by dividing each side by 4? Explain. \n" ); document.write( "

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answer both
\n" ); document.write( "a.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"10\"$ =4* $\"%28y-1%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"10%2F4\"$ = $\"%28y-1%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5%2F2\"$ = $\"%28y-1%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5%2F2%2B1\"$ = $\"%28y%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5%2F2%2B2%2F2\"$ = $\"%28y%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%285%2B2%29%2F2\"$ = $\"%28y%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"7%2F2\"$ = $\"%28y%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "b.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"10\"$ =4* $\"%28y-1%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"10\"$ = $\"%284y-4%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"14\"$ = $\"%284y%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"14%2F4\"$ = $\"%28y%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"7%2F2\"$ = $\"%28y%29\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "both give same result but distributive property is faster in this case \n" ); document.write( "

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