Question

Please help me solve this!! I keep overthinking it!!!

Use the distributive property to write the product in standard form.
3(2 − 1)

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

3(2-1)=6-3=3

Answer 2

By the distributive property of multiplication over subtraction,

3(2 - 1) = 3(2) - 3(1)

Standard form? I don't know what they're really talking about, let's go with:

Answer: 3(2) - 3(1)

That of course equals 6 - 3 = 3