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.%0D%0A%0D%0A(48 + 36)%0D%0A%0D%0AWhich is an equivalent expression that has numbers in the parentheses whose only common factor is 1?

Answer 1

One way to rewrite the expression using the distributive property so that the numbers in the parentheses have no common factor except 1 is:

(48 + 36) = 12 * 4 + 12 * 3 = 12(4 + 3) = 12 * 7 = 84

So, the equivalent expression with numbers in the parentheses whose only common factor is 1 is:

(48 + 36) = 84