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Which expression is equivalent to 3(s+7)?
21s
10s
3s+21
21s+3

User Uncreative
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This is an example of the distributive property of multiplication. This means that you would do 3 x s + 3 x 7, which gives us 3s + 21. Therefore, the answer is the third one (3s + 21)
User Arkaha
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You have to distribute so the correct answer would be 3s+21
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