Question

DVDs are on sale for $28 each. Felipe writes the expression 5 × 28 to find the cost in dollars of buying 5 DVDs. How can you rewrite Felipe's expression using the Distributive Property? Felipe's expression can also be written as (5 × 20) + (5 × )

Answer 1

Felipe's expression using the Distributive Property can be written as

5 × 28 = 5( 20 + 8)

5 × 28 = (5 × 20) + (5 × 8)

Explanation:

Distributive property states that:

a( b + c) = ab + ac

We are told in the question that:

DVDs are on sale for $28 each. Felipe writes the expression 5 × 28 to find the cost in dollars of buying 5 DVDs.

Therefore:

Felipe's expression using the Distributive Property can be written as:

5 × 28 = 5( 20 + 8)

5 × 28 = (5 × 20) + (5 × 8)