Question

A farmer sold 54 pumpkins the first weekend of a fall festival and 42 pumpkins the second weekend. Which expression uses the distributive property to show equivalent expressions for this situation?

Answer 1

D.) 54 + 42 = 6(9+7)

Explanation:

This shows the distributive property as, when the 6 is distributed to the 9 you get 54 (pumpkins), and when distributed to the 7 you get 42 (pumpkins).