Use the distributive property to express the sum of 48 + 84 as a multiple of 2 numbers with no common factor.
Answer (2)
48 + 84 = 12 ⋅ 4 + 12 ⋅ 7 = 12 ⋅ ( 4 + 7 ) = 12 ⋅ 11
To express 48 + 84 using the distributive property, we can rewrite it as 12 × (4 + 7) = 12 × 11. To express the sum as a multiple of two numbers with no common factor, we can use 6 × 22 or 11 × 12. This provides valid representations of the sum without common factors between the numbers used in each multiplication.
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