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Who is correct and why? amber & stacy will use the distributive property to simplify 3(x+2). ambers answer: 3(x+2) = 3x +2 . stacys answer: 3(x+2) = 3x +6

Who is correct and why? amber & stacy will use the distributive property to simplify 3(x+2). ambers answer: 3(x+2) = 3x +2 . stacys answer: 3(x+2) = 3x +6
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Who is correct and why? amber & stacy will use the distributive property to simplify 3(x+2). ambers answer: 3(x+2) = 3x +2 . stacys answer: 3(x+2) =

3x +6

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The distributive property: a( b + c) = ab + ac

3(x + 2) = 3x + 3 · 2 = 3x + 6

Answer: Stacy is correct. She used properly the distributive property, multiplying x and 2 by 3.

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