Kiran and Mai are trying to figure out if this equation is an identity a b 4 a 4a b 6a b 4ab b Kiran picks several different values for a and b to test For each pair he tries the left side and the right side have the same value Since his tests all worked Kiran thinks the equation is an identity Who do you think had a better argument for why the equation is an identity Explain Mai started by using the distributive property the expression on the left side She then arranged the result to look the same a the right side Since she can write both sides the same way Mai thinks the equation is an identit