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Maslowich
3 years ago
15

a student writes "the difference between 15 and the product of 5 and y" to describe the expression 5y-15.Explain the error.

Mathematics
1 answer:
ser-zykov [4K]3 years ago
7 0
The word 'difference' indicates the use of subtraction in a Mathematical sum

The error is that the sum could be 15 - 5y instead of 5y - 15

A subtraction sum does not have the commutative properties, meaning that we cannot do the sum in any order. 

A sum 15 - 5y will give a different result with the sum 5y - 15 for the same value of y.
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