Question

Apply the distributive property to create an equivalent expression.
2(3-8y) =2(3−8y)=2, left parenthesis, 3, minus, 8, y, right parenthesis, equals

Answer 1

Answer:

The equivalent expression is $6-16y$.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

$2(3-8y)$

We need to apply distributive property to create a new equation:

Definition of Distributive property is given below:

"The distributive property lets you multiply a sum by multiplying each addend separately and then add the products.

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For example:

$a(b+c)=a\times b+a\times c= ab+ac$

Now Applying Distributive Property to given expression we get;

$2(3-8y) = 2\times 3-2\times 8y=6-16y$

Hence the equivalent expression is $6-16y$.