SOLUTION: I need to understand distributive property. I am confused about how to do it.

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Question 352742: I need to understand distributive property. I am confused about how to do it.
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Forward: You distribute a to each term inside the parentheses.

Backward: All the terms have x in common you can pull it out of the parentheses.


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