SOLUTION: how do you use distributive properties i am still confused

Question 657880: how do you use distributive properties i am still confused

Answer by colliefan(242) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a(x+y)=ax+ay
That's the distributive property. You change one side to the other many times when trying to simplify an equation.

Eg. Simplify:
2(x-3)
Answer: 2x-6
That's the distributive property.

You could use it in reverse if you are trying to take an expression and rewrite it in it's factors.
Eg. Rewrite 2x-6 as two factors:
Answer 2(x-3)

This is a try. Ask your teacher to go over it with you. They are there because they want to teach.

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