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Lamont and Carmela both wrote an expression to show the area of the shaded region.

Lamont wrote: 6(m-2)
Carmela wrote: 6m-12





Whose expression is correct?

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Answer:

Both expressions are correct

6(m-2) = 6m-12

Lamont's expression is factoring or factorising

Carmela's expression is expanding

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