Identify which distributive property problem below would help you solve the following scenario:
Your English class has 29 students. You would like to treat the class to cookies. You would like each person to have 3 cookies. Which expression would help you figure out how many cookies you would need to bake?

3(29 + 3)

3(20 + 9)

3(20 - 9)

3(29 - 3)

Question

Identify which distributive property problem below would help you solve the following scenario:
Your English class has 29 students. You would like to treat the class to cookies. You would like each person to have 3 cookies. Which expression would help you figure out how many cookies you would need to bake?

 3(29 + 3)

 3(20 + 9)

 3(20 - 9)

 3(29 - 3)

anonymous · Answer

3(20+9) is the answer
if you have 29 students and need to bake 3 cookies for each of them, you will do 3 cookies times the number of students (20+9=29)

hope it helps!!!