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27 points please help me out which are equivalent

27 points please help me out which are equivalent-example-1
User Adelinor
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2 Answers

10 votes

Answer:

a)


8(x + 5)

b)


13y + 10

Explanation:

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User Nabster
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Answer:

(a) 1st, 2nd

(b) 4th

Explanation:

(a) Option 1: Expanding with the distributive property, we have


8(x+5)=8x+8\cdot 5\\~~~~~~~~~~~~=8x+40,

which is equivalent.

Option 2: Multiplying the terms gives


8\cdot x+8\cdot 5= 8x+40,

which is equivalent.

Option 3: We don't know what x is, so there is no way to write
48x as
8x+40. This is not equivalent.

Option 4: Expanding with the distributive property gives


8(5x+1) = 8\cdot 5x+8\cdot1\\~~~~~~~~~~~~~=40x+8,

which is not equivalent.

(b) First, we combine like terms in the given expression:


12+14y-2-y=12-2+14y-y\\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=10+(14-1)y\\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=10+13y.

Looking at the given answer choices, only the fourth option is equivalent.

User Artin Falahi
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