Question

Which expression is equivalent to the given expression? 17x−32x x(17−32) x(32−17) 17x(1−32) 17(x−32)

Answer 1

The answer is the third one.
x(17-32)

Answer 2

Whenever you use the distributive property, you multiply everything by the thing outside the parenethesis.

For example,

1(3+2)= 1 x 3 + 1 x 2

If the given expression is

17x-32x then

x(17-32) is the equivalent expression.

Since 17 comes first, and both are being multiplied by x, they are equivalent!

I hope this helps!
~kaikers