A box contains 100 colored chips; some are violet and some are red. Wilson chooses a chip at random, records the color, and plac
es it back in the bag. Wilson has recorded 9 violet chips and 16 red chips. Using these results, what is the predicted number of violet chips in the box? 11
The top two answers are equivalent, while the bottom one is not. You would use distributive property in the parentheses. If both expressions are the same, they are equivalent