Question

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Mrs. Garcia used this expression to calculate the cost of the bus and solved the first step. 25 + 8(2 + 3) Step 1 = 25 + 8 + 2 + 8 + 3 Explain the mistake Mrs. Garcia made in the first step.

Answer 1

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She distributed the 8 by adding it to each addend, but she should have multiplied each addend by the number outside the parentheses. ---- this was the sample answer on edge

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Answer 2

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Step one should be addition in parenthesis, 2+6, which will give you 6.
Then multiplication, 8 X 6