How do you evaluate $2(5+3)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-15T13:09:07

16

There are 2 approaches to this:

Method 1, solve within the brackets:
$2(5+3) = 2(8)$
$=16$

Method 2, distribute:
$2(5+3) = 2(5) + 2(3)$
= $10+6$
= $16$

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