Ashish wants to simplify (2.8 +7.2)4.4. He decides to apply the Distributive Property and rewrites the expression as 12.32 + 31.68. He takes the sum and
gets 44.
Is Ashish's work correct? How do you know?
Select the option that correctly answers both questions.
Ashish is correct. He correctly applied the Distributive Property and simplified the expression.
Ashish's work is correct, but his answer is wrong. He made a mistake when taking the sum of the numbers.
O Ashish is incorrect. He incorrectly applied the Distributive Property and arrived at the wrong answer.
O Ashish's answer is correct, but his work is wrong. He should have simplified the sum inside the parentheses instead of using the Distributive Property.
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