Question

State whether each pair of expressions are equivalent. Show your work.

5 ( x - 1) and 5x - 1 HELP

Answer 1

Both of them are NOT equivalent.

Explanation:

Use the distributive property to see if 5(x - 1) and 5x - 1 were equivalent.

5(x - 1)

= 5x - 5

This tells us 5(x - 1) is not equivalent to 5x - 1.