Consider the sum 36+45 . use the distributive property to rewrite the sum as the product of a whole number other than 1 and a sum of two whole numbers. Now do a different whole number from the one you just chose. Can this be done in more than two ways?
Answer:
No, we can not write in more than two ways.
\(36+45=9(4+5)\)
\(3(12+15)=36+45\)
Step-by-step explanation:
We are given that sum 36 +45
We have to write this sum in two different ways by using distributive property
Distributive property:\(a\cdot (b+c)=a\cdot b+a\cdot c\)
By using distributive property
\(36+45=9(4+5)\)
\(3(12+15)=36+45\)
Hence, the given sum can be write in two different ways as
\(36+45=9(4+5)\)
\(3(12+15)=36+45\)