Explain why both Jenna and Mia arrived at the same answer and the advantage of one method over the other.

Complete question :

Jenna’s method: Mia’s method: 5(30 + 4) 5(30 + 4) (5)(30) + (5)(4) 5(34) = 170 150 + 20 = 170 Explain why both Jenna and Mia arrived at the same answer and the advantage of one method over the other.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Jenna's method :

5(30 + 4) = 5(34) = 170

Mia’s method :

5(30 + 4) :

5(30) + 5(4)

150 + 20

= 170

With both methods, we will arrive at the same answer as justified in the workings above. However, Jenna's method gives a very simple approach and less complicated arithmetic by using the distributive property to overrode some multiplication process which Mia went through in her own calculation. Therefore, Jenna's method is less complicated and requires two simple steps at obtaining the final result.