Question

Mr. Brust tried to simplify the following but made a really common mistake in the problem. Identify the mistake, then show the correct solution. 8 + 2(3p + 1) = 10(3 p +1) = 30p +10

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is 10+6p

Step-by-step explanation:

The mistake is that for the first step instead of distributing 2 to 3p and 1 they added 8+2 first. your actually supposed to distribute and get, 8+6p+2, then combine like terms and get 10+6p

Answer 2

Answer:

Mistake: He added 8 to the 2 that you needed to multiply to the 3p and 1 inside the parentheses.

Correct solution: 10 + 6p

Step-by-step explanation:

8 + 2(3p + 1) =

8 + 6p + 2 =

10 + 6p

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