9. On election day, registered voters go to a polling place to cast their vote. a. In a town, 273,600 votes were cast in an elec
tion. 57% of those who were registered voted. How many registered voters are there in the town? b. Reese claims that if 60% of the registered voters cast 273,600 votes, there would be fewer registered voters than above. Is he correct? Why or why not?
to use the distributive property you need to multiply everything inside the parentheses by what is outside of the parentheses. First you would do 1/2 x 4x and you get 2x. Then you do 1/2 x -6y and you get -3y. The rewritten expression would be 2x-3y