Hello bobisaka. You're asking about changing pq+5p to 5p+pq , yes? We are free to do that. Dr. Peterson told you why that order doesn't matter: The Commutative Property of Addition.… Should i redistribute the monomials … so [my result] is the same?
I meant order, not redistribute, just didn't have the correct term to use.Looks correct to me, if the first line is the given polynomial, the second line is your factored form, and the third line is you check (by multiplying). Since the last line equals the first, it is correct. (Order doesn't matter - remember the commutative property.)
Why are some terms underlined? What do you mean by "redistribute"?