{"id":274605,"date":"2025-07-28T09:27:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=274605"},"modified":"2025-07-28T09:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:27:23","slug":"select-the-expressions-that-are-equivalent-to-52u-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/28\/select-the-expressions-that-are-equivalent-to-52u-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Select the expressions that are equivalent to 5(2u &#8211; 8)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Select the expressions that are equivalent to 5(2u &#8211; 8) .<br>(2u &#8211; 8) * 5<br>5(u + u &#8211; 8)<br>10u &#8211; 40<br>5(- 8 + 2u)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The expressions that are equivalent to 5(2u\u22128)5(2u &#8211; 8) are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(2u\u22128)\u00d75(2u &#8211; 8) \\times 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10u\u22124010u &#8211; 40<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5(\u22128+2u)5(-8 + 2u)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To determine which expressions are equivalent, let&#8217;s break down the original expression 5(2u\u22128)5(2u &#8211; 8):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Distribute the 5 across the terms inside the parentheses<\/strong>: 5(2u\u22128)=5\u00d72u\u22125\u00d78=10u\u2212405(2u &#8211; 8) = 5 \\times 2u &#8211; 5 \\times 8 = 10u &#8211; 40 This shows that the simplified form of 5(2u\u22128)5(2u &#8211; 8) is 10u\u22124010u &#8211; 40.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Check (2u\u22128)\u00d75(2u &#8211; 8) \\times 5<\/strong>:<br>The expression (2u\u22128)\u00d75(2u &#8211; 8) \\times 5 is just a rearranged form of the original expression, where multiplication is commutative (i.e., a\u00d7b=b\u00d7aa \\times b = b \\times a). So this is equivalent to the original expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Check 5(u+u\u22128)5(u + u &#8211; 8)<\/strong>:<br>Simplifying this expression: 5(u+u\u22128)=5(2u\u22128)5(u + u &#8211; 8) = 5(2u &#8211; 8) This simplifies back to the original expression, so it is indeed equivalent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Check 5(\u22128+2u)5(-8 + 2u)<\/strong>:<br>Since addition is commutative, \u22128+2u-8 + 2u is the same as 2u\u221282u &#8211; 8. So: 5(\u22128+2u)=5(2u\u22128)5(-8 + 2u) = 5(2u &#8211; 8) This expression is also equivalent to the original expression.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the correct equivalent expressions are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(2u\u22128)\u00d75(2u &#8211; 8) \\times 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10u\u22124010u &#8211; 40<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5(\u22128+2u)5(-8 + 2u)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of these expressions is simply a different form of representing the original 5(2u\u22128)5(2u &#8211; 8).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the expressions that are equivalent to 5(2u &#8211; 8) .(2u &#8211; 8) * 55(u + u &#8211; 8)10u &#8211; 405(- 8 + 2u) The correct answer and explanation is: The expressions that are equivalent to 5(2u\u22128)5(2u &#8211; 8) are: Explanation: To determine which expressions are equivalent, let&#8217;s break down the original expression 5(2u\u22128)5(2u &#8211; 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