Question

Someone has attempted to use the Distributive Property. There is a error What is it? 3(5n-1)=8n-4

Answer 1

see explanation

Explanation:

the distributive property is given

a(b + c) = ab + ac

that is each term inside the parenthesis is multiplied by the value outside the parenthesis, then

3(5n - 1)

= 3(5n) - 3(1)

= 15n - 3

the person here has made the error of adding the value inside the parenthesis to the value outside.