document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=154931>Question 154931</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Im having problems understanding the distributive property....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "its problems like this that i cant understand no matter what i do...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i keep getting them wrong.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(6 + 8) + 2 (9 - 7)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thanks bunches \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-Lizzy <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #114061 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=114061\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> when a multi-term quantity in parentheses is multiplied by by another quantity<BR>\n" );
document.write( "__ the multiplication is \"distributed\" over ALL the terms\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ex. a(x+y-z)= ax+ay-az\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ex. (a+b)(x+y-z)=ax+ay-az+bx+by-bz\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(6 + 8) + 2 (9 - 7)=4*6 + 4*8 + 2*9 -2*7=24+32+18-14=60 </SPAN>\n" );
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