A student attempted to generate an equivalent expression using the distributive property, as shown below: 5(x − 1) = 5x − 1 What

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A student attempted to generate an equivalent expression using the distributive property, as shown below: 5(x − 1) = 5x − 1 What

was the mistake made? (1 point) 5 was not multiplied by x Incorrect sign was used for the first term 5 was not multiplied by −1 Incorrect sign was used for the second term

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lorasvet [3.4K] · Answer 1 · 2023-01-06T21:40:49+03:00

lorasvet [3.4K]3 years ago

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Answer: the mistake was not putting the 5 in the perthesis

Step-by-step explanation:

Because 5(x-1 how yu gon make that equal 5x-1 it has to be in the correct way to equal the same thing