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9 February, 07:04

is it possible to use the distributive property to rewrite 85+99 as a product of a whole number greater than 1 and a sum of two whole numbers? explain your answer

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  1. 9 February, 07:17
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    It is not possible to use distributive property to rewrite 85+99 as a product of a whole number greater than 1 and a sum of two whole numbers

    Solution:

    Given that we have to find if it is possible to use the distributive property to rewrite 85 + 99 as a product of a whole number greater than 1 and a sum of two whole numbers

    No, it is not possible because they do not share any common whole multiplier

    The distributive property lets you multiply a sum by multiplying each addend separately and then add the products.

    a (b + c) = ab + ac

    But here given that, two numbers are 85 and 99

    85 + 99 = 17 x 5 + 33 x 3

    Here we cannot factor out a term (i. e we cannot take a common term), since they do not share a common factor

    Also,

    factors of 85 = 1, 5, 17, 85

    factors of 99 = 1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 99

    Here we find a common factor 1, but we cannot use it since given that we have to use a whole number greater than 1

    So we cannot use distributive property to rewrite 85+99 as a product of a whole number greater than 1 and a sum of two whole numbers
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