Question

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

Answer 1

Answer;

5(2+ 11b)

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!