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Are the expressions 5(4x+3) and 20x + 3 equivalent? Why or why not?

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Answer: no

Step-by-step explanation: because when you do the multiplication on the first equation the 5 multiplies both numbers not just the first one so the first number is right but the second number wasn’t multiplied

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