Question

Rewrite the expression below using the distributive property:10a + 55b

Answer 1

Answer;

5(2+ 11b)

Step-by-step explanation:

The distributive property allows us to says that for example

`5(4+1)=5\cdot4+5\cdot1`

`10a+55b`

now we can write 10 = 2 * 5 and 55 = 11 * 5 and so we can write

`\begin{gathered} 10a+55b \\ 2\cdot5a+11\cdot5b \end{gathered}`

we can factor out the 5 to get

`5(2a+11b)`

which is our answer!