Question

Consider the sum 36+45 . use the distributive property to rewrite the sum as the product of a whole number other than 1 and a sum of two whole numbers. Now do a different whole number from the one you just chose. Can this be done in more than two ways?

Answer 1

9(4+5)
3(12+15)
It can only be done in two ways

Answer 2

No, we can not write in more than two ways.

`36+45=9(4+5)`

`3(12+15)=36+45`

Explanation:

We are given that sum 36 +45

We have to write this sum in two different ways by using distributive property

Distributive property:
`a\cdot (b+c)=a\cdot b+a\cdot c`

By using distributive property

`36+45=9(4+5)`

`3(12+15)=36+45`

Hence, the given sum can be write in two different ways as

`36+45=9(4+5)`

`3(12+15)=36+45`