Question

Without doing any calculations, compare expression A to expression B.5A.x 2506B. (250) + ({ x 250)ХChoose the words to complete the comparison.Expression A is Choose...v expression B.r

Answer 1

We have two expressions and we have to compare them.

We don't need to calculate the exact value of each expression. We can left them as products of 250.

Then, expression A is already 5/6 of 250.

We can rearrange expression B as:

$\begin{gathered} B=(\frac{1}{3}\cdot250)+(\frac{1}{2}\cdot250) \\ B=(\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{2})\cdot250 \\ B=\frac{2+3}{3\cdot2}\cdot250 \\ B=\frac{5}{6}\cdot250 \end{gathered}$

Expression B is also 5/6 of 250, so the two expressions are equal.

Answer: expression A is equal to expression B.