Shawn bought 8 boxes of erasers. Each of the erasers is either pink or blue. Each box has x pink erasers and y blue erasers in it. The expression shown below represents the total number of erasers Shawn bought.

8 (x + y)

Which expression also represents the total number of erasers Shawn bought?

Question 7 options:

a 8x + 8y

b 8x + y

c 8xy

d 8 + x + y

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Mathematics

Guillermo Green

4 March, 17:38

Shawn bought 8 boxes of erasers. Each of the erasers is either pink or blue. Each box has x pink erasers and y blue erasers in it. The expression shown below represents the total number of erasers Shawn bought.

8 (x + y)

Which expression also represents the total number of erasers Shawn bought?

Question 7 options:

a 8x + 8y

b 8x + y

c 8xy

d 8 + x + y

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Cheyanne Hogan · Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

You need to distribute the 8 to everything in the equation. You need to keep the sign in the middle. So in the end you would get 8x+8y.