Question

The distributive property allows you to say that 3(x-1)=3x-?

Answer 1

3x-3 because when you distribute, 3×x is 3x and 3×-1 is -3

Answer 2

The distributive property allows you to say that
`3(x-1)=3x-3`

Explanation:

Given : Expression
`3(x-1)`

To find : The solution of the expression using distributive property.

Solution :

Distributive property says that
`a(b*c)=ab*ac`

where, * is the binary operations (addition , subtraction, multiplication, division)

Applying the distributive property in the given expression.

`3(x-1)`

* is the operation of subtraction

`3(x-1)=3x-3`

Therefore, The distributive property allows you to say that
`3(x-1)=3x-3`