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Three students were given the expression shown to simplify.

Use the drop-down menus to complete the statements about whether each student's
answer is an equivalent expression. Then choose an expression that is equivalent.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Answer:

Calvin: incorrect, sign error

Greg: incorrect, has no relationship to the given expression

Ruben: incorrect, sign error

Equivalent expresssion: 7 92(4x -11)

Step-by-step explanation:

The two terms on the right, -8x and +22, have even coefficients, so a factor of 2 can be factored out. If we do that, then these two terms become ...

... 2(-8x/2 +22/2) = 2(-4x +11)

We could, instead, factor out -2 so the x-coefficient inside parentheses is positive:

... -2(-8x/-2 +22/-2) = -2(4x -11)

Note that the signs of the two terms inside parentheses are different no matter which way we do it.

Equivalent expressions

Calvin could have written: 7 -2(4x -11)

Ruben could have written: 7 +2(-4x +11)

Greg could have written: 8(2 -x) -1. He would have rearranged the expression to 16 -8x -1 before doing so.

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Answer:

not sure which one?

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Three students were given the expression shown to simplify. Use the drop-down menus-example-1
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