Question

A student attempted to generate an equivalent expression using the distributive property, as shown below: 2(x + 5) = 2x + 5 What was the mistake made? (5 points) Group of answer choices 2 was not multiplied by x 2 was not multiplied by 5 Incorrect sign was used for the first term Incorrect sign was used for the second term

Answer 1

2 was not multiplied by 5

Explanation:

2(x + 5) = 2x + 5

The correct expansion form distributive property should be :

2(x + 5) = 2*x + 2*5 = 2x + 10

2(x + 5) = 2x + 10