A student’s first step to solving the equation 5(x – 2) = 10 was to simplify it to 5x – 2 = 10. Did the student make a mistake?

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3 years ago

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A student’s first step to solving the equation 5(x – 2) = 10 was to simplify it to 5x – 2 = 10. Did the student make a mistake?

If so, what was that student’s mistake?
Select one:

Yes, he is not supposed to combine the 5 and “x” into 5x.

No, he is correct in his work.

Yes, he forgot to distribute all the terms

Yes, he made a different mistake

Mathematics

2 answers:

Ket [755] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-24T08:04:10+03:00

Ket [755]3 years ago

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yes, he forgot to distribute all the terms

Dafna11 [192] · Answer 2 · 2021-11-24T06:48:11+03:00

Dafna11 [192]3 years ago

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Yes, he forgot to distribute all the terms.