Aida applied the distributive property to write the equivalent expressions below. 15 + 21 = 3 (4 + 8) What is Aida’s error? Aida used 3 as the factor, which is not common to 15 and 21. Aida did not correctly divide by the common factor to get (4 + 8). Aida did not apply the correct operations to the expressions. Aida wrote two expressions that are not equivalent.