75 plus 15

Question

 75 + 15

 

Answer 1

 

The question is unclear. However, it is listed under the heading Distributive Property.

 

One way to express "75 plus 15" using the Distributive Property of Multiplication over Addition (DPMA) is:

 

Think:   75 = 5 * 15   and 15 = 1 * 15

 

 

75 + 15  =  (5 * 15  +  1 * 15)

 

Removing a common FACTOR from each of these results in:

 

75 + 15  = 15*(5 + 1)

 

 

This combines back, of course, to 15*(6), which = 90, as does 75 + 15

 

 

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