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juin [17]
3 years ago
8

Is -2/3(12b - 6 + 9b - 18) equivalent to 2b(b + 8)? Show your work.

Mathematics
2 answers:
AURORKA [14]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

No, they are not equivalent

Step-by-step explanation:

\frac{-2}{3}(12b - 6 + 9b - 18) = \frac{-2}{3}(12b + 9b - 6 - 18)\\\\=\frac{-2}{3}(21b - 24)\\\\  = \frac{-2}{3}*21b -24*\frac{-2}{3}\\\\= -2*7b + 8*2\\\\= 2( -7b + 8)

masha68 [24]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

This is NOT equivalent to 2b(b + 8).

Step-by-step explanation:

Start with -2/3(12b - 6 + 9b - 18).  Simplify this.  First, combine the like terms inside the set of parentheses:

(-2/3)(21b - 24)

Simplify this by applying the distributation property of multiplication:

-14b + 16

Finally, factor out 2:  2(-7b + 8)

This is NOT equivalent to 2b(b + 8).

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