{"id":272980,"date":"2025-07-27T08:14:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=272980"},"modified":"2025-07-27T08:15:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:15:46","slug":"which-of-the-following-expressions-is-equivalent-to-the-above-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/27\/which-of-the-following-expressions-is-equivalent-to-the-above-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Which of the following expressions is equivalent to the above expression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-887.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272981\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is D, which is 18f\u00b2 + 19f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To determine the equivalent expression, we must simplify the given mathematical statement by following the order of operations, often remembered by the acronym PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, Addition and Subtraction).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original expression is&nbsp;[(9f + 9) + (9f + 9 &#8211; 1)] * f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, we simplify the terms inside the main brackets. This involves combining like terms. The expression inside the brackets is&nbsp;(9f + 9) + (9f + 9 &#8211; 1). Let us identify the like terms, which are the terms with the variable &#8216;f&#8217; and the constant numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s combine the &#8216;f&#8217; terms:<br>9f + 9f = 18f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, let&#8217;s combine the constant numbers:<br>9 + 9 &#8211; 1 = 18 &#8211; 1 = 17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we combine these results, the expression inside the brackets simplifies to&nbsp;18f + 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, looking at the provided multiple choice options, none of them match the result of&nbsp;(18f + 17) * f, which would be&nbsp;18f\u00b2 + 17f. This suggests there is a likely typographical error in the question, where the &#8220;-1&#8221; should have been a &#8220;+1&#8221;. Assuming this common type of error, let&#8217;s resolve the problem with&nbsp;+1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The corrected expression inside the brackets would be&nbsp;(9f + 9) + (9f + 9 + 1).<br>Combining &#8216;f&#8217; terms: 9f + 9f = 18f.<br>Combining constant numbers: 9 + 9 + 1 = 19.<br>This simplifies the bracketed expression to&nbsp;18f + 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, we perform the final step, which is multiplying this result by&nbsp;f:<br>(18f + 19) * f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the distributive property, we multiply&nbsp;f&nbsp;by each term inside the parentheses:<br>(f * 18f) + (f * 19) = 18f\u00b2 + 19f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This final expression,&nbsp;18f\u00b2 + 19f, matches option D exactly. Therefore, assuming a minor typo in the problem&#8217;s text, D is the intended correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"272986\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner6-2227.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272986\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct answer is D, which is 18f\u00b2 + 19f. To determine the equivalent expression, we must simplify the given mathematical statement by following the order of operations, often remembered by the acronym PEMDAS (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, Addition and Subtraction). 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