Question

how do the expressions 4(3+x) and (3+3+3+3) + (x+x+x+x) compare to one another

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

If we expand 4(3+x), we get (4*3)+(4*x).

Then we do 4*3 to get 12 and 4*x to get 4x

(3+3+3+3) is the same thing as 4*3, because we are adding 3 together 4 times. (3+3+3+3) gives us 12 as well, since they are the same thing.

(x+x+x+x) is the same thing because we are adding x together 4 times, which is the same thing as (4*x). (x+x+x+x) gives us 4x as well.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Answer:

Well they represent the same answer as the second expression is the distributive property of the first expression.

Step-by-step explanation:

4(3+x) is basically 4 • (3+x)since we are working with addition and multiplication you can use the distributive property. That can be written out as (4•3) + (4•x). If you wanted to simplify it even more then it could be written as (3+3+3+3) + (x+x+x+x)