Question

ate Fatuma Michele Simplify the expression below and identify the property used when eliminating the parentheses. 49 + 18 + 4 (29 + 9.5) 9+ The property was used to eliminate the parentheses. distributive commutative

Answer 1

Simplify the expression

`\begin{gathered} 4q+18+4(2q+9.5)=4q+18+4\cdot2q+4\cdot9.5 \\ =4q+18+8q+38 \\ =12q+56 \end{gathered}`

The distributive property is used to simplify the expression 4(2q + 9.5).

Answers:

12q + 56

Distributive property.