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4 May, 13:32

A friend uses the distributive property to simplify 4 (2b-5) and gets 8b-5 as the result. Describe and correct the error.

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  1. 4 May, 16:47
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    4 (2b-) is another way of saying (4 times 2b) plus (4 times - 5). The friend mistake is by not multiplying the 5 in the parentheses. So the correct answer would be: 8b - 20
  2. 4 May, 16:59
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    They failed to multiply 4 to both terms. The correct answer would be,

    8b - 20
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