Question

8. Students were asked to simplify the following expressions on a test. (154 Four different student answers are shown below: Student A 21 - 3h 15-4h+6+h Student B 18h Student C 3h + 21 600p Student D 21 +- 3h Which student or students simplified the expression correctly? Explain​

Answer 1

Student A and Student D have correctly simplified the expression. The expression 154 can be written as 3h + 21 + 15-4h+6+h, which is the same as 21 - 3h + 3h + 21. Student A and Student D both simplified the expression to 21 - 3h. Student B simplified the expression to 18h and Student C simplified the expression to 600p, which are both incorrect.