SOLUTION: A student attempted to generate an equivalent expression using the distributive property, as shown below:
2(x + 5) = 2x + 5
What was the mistake made?
A. 2 was not multip
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2(x + 5) = 2x + 5
What was the mistake made?
A. 2 was not multip
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Question 1188756: A student attempted to generate an equivalent expression using the distributive property, as shown below:
2(x + 5) = 2x + 5
What was the mistake made?
A. 2 was not multiplied by x
B. 2 was not multiplied by 5
C. Incorrect sign was used for the first term
D. Incorrect sign was used for the second term Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! with the distributive law, every term in the first multiplier needs to multiply every term in the second multiplier.
a * (b + c) = (a * b) + (a * c)
(a + b) * (c + d) = (a * c) + (a * d) + (b * c) + (b * d).
