Here’s how to fill in the blanks for the given expression:
- Use properties of operations to rewrite the expression.
- Use the associative property.
- Combine like terms.
- Rewrite the coefficient 11 with a denominator of 4. This expression is equivalent to the original expression.
Now, let’s fill in the remaining blanks in the final statement:
3/4x + 11x - 5/7 + 2/7
3/4x + 44/4x - 5/7 + 2/7
47/4x - 3/7
So the completed text would be:
What is an equivalent expression for 3/4x - 5/7 + 11x + 2/7?
- Use properties of operations to rewrite the expression.
- Use the associative property.
- Combine like terms.
- Rewrite the coefficient 11 with a denominator of 4. This expression is equivalent to the original expression.
3/4x + 11x - 5/7 + 2/7
3/4x + 44/4x - 5/7 + 2/7
47/4x - 3/7