Question

. The total area of a rectangular mural has been extended by x feet. The expression to represent the area is 5.5(7.5 + x). Rewrite the expression using the Distributive Property.

Answer 1

Answer and Step-by-step explanation: Distributive Property describes how to solve expressions like a(b +c). According to the property, multiplying the sum of two or more numbers by a number will result in the same as multiplying each number and then add the products. For example:

                 11(2 + 4)

11(6) = 66                 22 + 44 = 66

So, for the expression that represents the area:

5.5(7.5 + x) = 41.25 + 5.5x

As the expression has non-numerical terms, the distributive property will be multiply each term and then add the products.

The expressio for area of a rectangular mural is 41.25 + 5.5x.