Question 1023254
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<U>Comment from student</U>: can you help me with this one Without using the distributive property identify the 2 steps 
that can be used to solve for the value of m? 2/5(m+54)=50. please 
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<U>My response</U> 


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{{{(2/5)*(m+54)}}} = {{{50}}}.


1. Multiply both sides by {{{5/2}}}. You will get

   m + 54 = {{{(5/2)*50}}} = {{{5*25}}} = {{{125}}}.

2. Now distract 54 from both sides. You will get

   m = 125 - 54 = . . . 

Please calculate it yourself.
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