Question

Use the distributive property to write an expression equivalent to 5 Times (3+4)

Answer 1

The distributive property states:


`a(b+c) = ab + ac`

Using that we get:


`5* (3+4)\\5(3+4) \\5(3) + 5(4)\\15 + 20\\35`

You could also do it like:

`5(3+4)\\5(7)\\35`

So an expression that is equivalent to 5(3+4) is:


`7(2+3)`

That is your answer. It gets you the same final answer of 35.

Hope that helped :)