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A student expressed a sum of two whole numbers as 3 x (2 + 5). What were the two whole numbers?
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A student expressed a sum of two whole numbers as 3 x (2 + 5). What were the two whole numbers?

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your answer is 6 + 15, because the two numbers had a common factor, and could use distribute law to find the results.
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