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A student attempted to generate an equivalent expression using the distributive property, as shown below:

6(m + 3) = 6m + 3

What was the mistake made?

A. 6 was not multiplied by m
B. Incorrect sign was used for the first term
C. Incorrect sign was used for the second term
D. 6 was not multiplied by 3

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The answer is D. 6 was not multiplied by 3
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the answer is D. 6 wasn't multiplied by 3
its suppose to look like this "6m+18"
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