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Create an equivalent expression by applying the distributive property to 15x+ 25

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15x+25=5(3x+5)

We need to find a common denominator, which is 5. Then 5 times how much gives us 15 and 25. In this case, 5 times 3 gives us 15 and 5 times 5 it's 25. The x is there because 5 times 3x gives us 15x, or another way is: 15x divided by 5 is 3x .
Hope I helped
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5(3x+5) I think I'm not sure though
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