Question

Janet was asked to use the distributive property. She noticed she was marked wrong but does not know what step she did incorrectly. What step was not done correctly for 2 * 4.79?
Step 1: Decompose decimal: 4 + .7 + .09

Step 2: Place in equation 2(4 + .7 + .09)

Step 3: Multiply 2(4) + .7 + .09= 8

Step 4: Answer: 2(4.79)= 9.58

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4

Answer 1

Answer:

You distribute the 2 to all numbers in the 3rd step

Step-by-step explanation:

DISTRIBUTION: you must distribute the outside number to all the inside numbers in the parentheses.