Question

the 2 expressions below are equivalent expressions. is isaac correct? explain your reasoning. - 2(3x - 5) and - 6x - 10

Answer 1

Answer: Isaac is unfortunately incorrect.

Step-by-step explanation: We want to determine if -2(3x-5)=-6x-10. We can apply the distributive property to the parentheses on the left side of the equation to see if this statement is true.

-2(3x-5)=-2*3x+-2*-5=-6x+10

The left side simplifies to -6x+10 which is not equivalent to -6x-10.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Isaac is not correct. If you distribute the -2 to both terms, you will end up with -6x + 10 because the two negatives will cancel each other out.