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,](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/qzh7px5xhr73t5nne398kq7rvlpb0elh22.png)
which is equivalent.
Option 2: Multiplying the terms gives
,
which is equivalent.
Option 3: We don't know what x is, so there is no way to write
as
. This is not equivalent.
Option 4: Expanding with the distributive property gives
![8(5x+1) = 8\cdot 5x+8\cdot1\\~~~~~~~~~~~~~=40x+8,](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/lvjxhvnj6at02od9fohngiapfr0bhajdkb.png)
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.](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/high-school/n4thu68ip9x9ba1rknvhf21fyqtefkokfn.png)
Looking at the given answer choices, only the fourth option is equivalent.