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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?
2 was not multiplied by x
2 was not multiplied by 5
Incorrect sign was used for the first term
ncorrect sign was used for the second term

User Shakilur
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Answer:

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User Cherif KAOUA
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Answer:

2 was not multiplied by 5

Explanation:

If we use the distributive property then the equation will actually look like this.

2x + 10.

So the student forgot to multiply 2 by 5.

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