Question

Angela used multiplication to simplify the expression by distributing the

Answer 1

Answer:

Angela needed to multiply $\frac{1}{2}$ by each of the terms inside the parentheses.

Her product when multiplying $\frac{1}{2} X 2$ is incorrect.

Step-by-step explanation:

For simplifying the expression $\frac{1}{2}(3x+2)$, we need to multiply $\frac{1}{2}$ by each of the terms inside the parentheses.

So,

Upon multiplying $\frac{1}{2}$ by 6X we get 3X.

Upon multiplying $\frac{1}{2}$ by 2 we get 1.

Thus the final simplified expression must be 3x+1

So we can say,

Angela needed to multiply $\frac{1}{2}$ by each of the terms inside the parentheses.

Her product when multiplying $\frac{1}{2} X 2$ is incorrect.

Answer 2

When using the distributive property, you must multiply everything in parentheses by what's outside.
1/2(6x+2)
We would multiply 1/2 *6x and 1/2*2
Therefore we should have 3x + 1.