Which equation is the same as the following?
Which equation is the same as the following?
Let's consider that each set of parentheses represents a number.
That is, if we solve the exercises within the parentheses, we will get a multiplication exercise of three numbers. We can't simplify the 3 so it does not get factored.
We solve each of the exercises within the parentheses to reveal what the numbers are:
That is, the exercise we obtained is the multiplication between three numbers: