Question

Distribute to create an equivalent expression with the fewest symbols possible.
4(5+y)

Answer 1

Answer: 20+4y

Explanation:

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What we should do to simplify this expression is to "distribute" 4.

The parentheses around 5+y tell us to multiply 4 times both 5 and y. This is shown below.

`\multimap\quad \tt 4\cdot5+4\cdot y`

`\multimap\quad\tt 20+4y` is what we obtain upon multiplying

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Answer 2

20 + 4y

Explanation:

To have to fewest symbols possible, we must simplify the expression by multiplying 4 into the numbers within the parenthesis. Doing so we get:

`4(5+y) = 4 * 5 + 4 * y = 20 + 4y`