Question 891008: Find the greatest common factor of 165 and 135 and use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression for 165 + 135 Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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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165 = 5*33 = 5*3*11
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135 = 5*27 = 5*3^3
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GCF = 5*3 = 15
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165 + 135 = 15(11+3^2) = 15(11+9) = 15*20 = 300
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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