Asked by Devin Harris

Byron wants to use the distributive property to rewrite the addition problem shown so that the numbers left in the parentheses have no common factor except 1.

(48 + 36)

Which is an equivalent expression that has numbers in the parentheses whose only common factor is 1?


12(4 + 3)


4(12 + 9)


36(12 + 1)


2(24 + 18)

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
12(4 + 3)

Explanation: gcd(48,36) = 12, so factor out 12: 48 + 36 = 12(48/12 + 36/12) = 12(4 + 3). The numbers 4 and 3 have no common factor besides 1.