Question

Patty and Patrick were trying to find equivalent expressions for: c35*b. Patty wrote: (c + c + c) * (b + b + b + b + b). Patrick wrote: 15cb. Who wrote the equivalent expression correctly? Why?

Answer 1

Patrick wrote the equivalent expression correctly: 15cb.

Step-by-step explanation:

Patrick wrote the equivalent expression correctly: 15cb.

To understand why, let's simplify Patty's expression first: (c + c + c) * (b + b + b + b + b) = 3c * 5b = 15cb.

So, Patrick's expression, 15cb, is equivalent to c35b, which matches the given expression c35b. Therefore, Patrick wrote the correct equivalent expression.