apply the distributive property to 75+20

Question

You have to find the greatest common factor of those 2 numbers and then you place it down as a whole number and then you need to find what goes in the parenthesis but I don't know how to find what goes in the parenthesis.

Answer 1

Staza, let's break them both down.

 

75 = 3 x 5 x 5

20 = 2 x 2 x 5

 

What do they have in common? 5, which is what goes out front. What's left goes in the parentheses.

 

75 + 20 = 5(15 + 4)

 

 

Answer 2

75=3*5*5

20=2*2*5

GCF=5

75/5=15

20/5=4

5(15+4) answer

if you want the answer to the expression...

5(19)=95

5(15+4)=5*15+5*4=75+20=95