How could you correctly rewrite the equation 4(5+3)=2 (22-6) using the distributive property?
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Answer:
Distributive property is taking the number in front of the parentheses and multiplying every term in the parentheses by the number.So in 4(5 +3),
Multiply 5 and +3 by 4.
4 * 5
20
4 * 3
12
20+12
32
For the second equation do the same thing. Multiply 22 and -6 by 2.
22 * 2
44
-6 * 2
-12
44 + -12
32
32 = 32
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