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  • 03-11-2022
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Question 4: -12a - 4 and -4(3a - 1) are equivalent expressions. True False > false

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BuchananS75660 BuchananS75660
  • 03-11-2022

If we use the distributive property on the second expression, we get the following:

[tex]-4\cdot(3a-1)=-4\cdot(3a)-4(-1)=-12a+4[/tex]

therefore, the expressions are not equivalent

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