Question

Which is not a correct way to rewrite this expression using the distributive

Answer 1

Given:

The expression is

$(2x^2+4x-7)(x-2)$

To find:

The expression which is not a correct way to rewrite the given expression.

Solution:

We have,

$(2x^2+4x-7)(x-2)$

Using distributive property, we get

$=(2x^2)(x-2)+(4x)(x-2)+(-7)(x-2)$

$=(2x^2)(x)+(2x^2)(-2)+(4x)(x)+(4x)(-2)+(-7)(x)+(-7)(-2)$

Using distributive property the given expression can rewritten as:

$=(2x^2+4x-7)(x)+(2x^2+4x-7)(-2)$

Only the expression in option A is not a correct way to rewrite the given expression because $(2x^2+4x-7)$ is not distributed to $(x-2)$ properly.

Therefore, the correct option is A.