Question

Expand the expression 2/7(2s 3)

Answer 1

take 2/7 and multiply it by both expressions in the parentheses

2/7(2s) + 2/7(3)

4/7s + 6/7

(note this is the answer assuming that there is supposed to be a plus sign in between 2s and 3 (2s + 3) )

Answer 2

`(4)/(7)s+ (6)/(7)`

Explanation:

The distributive property says that:

`a \cdot (b+c) = a\cdot b+ a\cdot c`

Given the expression:

`(2)/(7)(2s+3)`

Apply the distributive property:

`(2)/(7) \cdot (2s) +(2)/(7) \cdot (3)`

Simplify:

`(4)/(7)s+ (6)/(7)`

Therefore, the expanded form of the given expression is,
`(4)/(7)s+ (6)/(7)`