Math Time is a tutoring company for pre-algebra students. The profit this company makes in a year is given by the expression 0.5(200+32s), where s
is the total number of students enrolled.
Part A: Use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression.
0.5(200+32s) = 0.5 * 200 + 0.5 * 32s
= 100 + 16s
To use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression, we need to distribute the 0.5 to the terms inside the parentheses.
0.5(200 + 32s) = 0.5 * 200 + 0.5 * 32s
Simplifying this expression, we get:
0.5 * 200 = 100
0.5 * 32s = 16s
So the equivalent expression using the distributive property is:
100 + 16s