A student expressed a sum of two whole numbers as $3*(2+5)$ . What were the two whole numbers?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-16T07:21:02

$6+15$

The two numbers obviously had a common factor so they could be expressed as $3xx(2+5)$

Use the distributive law to find the numbers as $6+15$

A student expressed a sum of two whole numbers as 3*(2+5)3*(2+5). What were the two whole numbers?