SOLUTION: How do you use the distributive property to solve this problem. Could you please give me a detailed explaination? The problem:-6xy(14z-7)Thank you alot if you can help me with this

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Question 214898: How do you use the distributive property to solve this problem. Could you please give me a detailed explaination? The problem:-6xy(14z-7)Thank you alot if you can help me with this question!
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The problem:-6xy(14z-7)
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The general distributive rule is a(b+c) = ab+ac
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In your case: -6xy(14x - 7) = (-6xy)(14x) - (-6xy)(7)
= -84x^2y + 42xy
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember where 'ab' really means a*b (ie 'a' times 'b')


So in this case:




In short,


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