Question

Apply the distributive property to factor out the greatest common factor.

35+14= ?

Answer 1

7 (5 + 2)

Explanation:

the greatest common denominator of 35 and 14 is number 7, since 7 divides them exactly.

So we must decompose 35 and 14 into a multiplication that contains 7:

35 = 7 * 5

14 = 7 * 2

now that we have this, the sum is

35 + 14 = 7 * 5 + 7 * 2

As said at the beginning we have that 7 is common in both, so we can factor it and obtain:

35 + 14 = 7 (5 + 2)