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A student attempted to generate an equivalent expression using the distributive property, as shown below: 7(y − 5) = y − 35 What was the mistake made?
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A student attempted to generate an equivalent expression using the distributive property, as shown below:

7(y − 5) = y − 35

What was the mistake made?

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He didn't multiply the y by 7


7(y-5) = 7y-35
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