Question

The expression 48+40 gives the number of minutes that the two channels spend on weather reports in the early morning. Use the distributive poperty to rewrite that sum as a multiple

Answer 1

8(6 +5) = 4(12 +10) = 2(24 +20)

Explanation:

There are several common factors of 48 and 40. Any of them can be used for the purpose.

48 +40

= 2(24 +20)

= 4(12 +10)

= 8(6 +5)