jsuarezprincess15 jsuarezprincess15
  • 08-09-2018
  • Mathematics
contestada

Tasha belives that she can rewrite the diffrence 120- 36 as a product of the GCF of the two numbers and another diffrence.Is she correct? Explain your awnser.

Respuesta :

sqdancefan
sqdancefan sqdancefan
  • 08-09-2018

Tasha is correct. This is what the distributive property is all about.

120 -36 = 12·10 -12·3 = 12·(10 -3)

Answer Link
alexandervita778
alexandervita778 alexandervita778
  • 09-09-2018

tasha is correct because

We can write the GCF for each number as

120=2x2x2x3x5

36=2x2x3x3

GCF= 2x2x3=12


we then can write out 120-36  is (12 x 10) - (12 x 3) - 12(10-3)

Answer Link

Otras preguntas

t + 3t - 7 = 4t - 7???
what is 3.46 lilliters in ml
How do polyatomic ions form?
What might be the biggest motivation for nomads to live in settlement
what is he unit rate of 420 miles in 7 hours
Ms. Pacheco, Mr Edwards, and Mr Richards are three math teachers at turner middle school. Ms. Pacheco is three years older than Mr. Richards. Mr. Edwards is twi
A(9,2) B(1,6) if (2,k) is equidistant from A and B, find the value of k.
What caused the rise of the Italian city-states?
What might be the biggest motivation for nomads to live in settlement
If I round 160,656 to the nearest ten thousand