Question

Mya applied the distributive property to write the equivalent expressions below.

45 + 72 = 9 (5 + 9)

What is Mya’s error?

Answer 1

Answer:

45 + 72 = 9 (5 + 8)

here instead of 9, 8 would come as 9 x 8 = 72 not 9 x 9.