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What is 5(a+3) in algebra

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5a+15 due to distributive property
User AaronS
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If you would like to know what is 5 * (a + 3) in algebra, you can calculate this using the following step:

5 * (a + 3) = 5 * a + 5 * 3 = 5 * a + 15

The correct result would be 5 * a + 15.
User Rune Vikestad
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