document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=164398>Question 164398</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a[2a-4(2+a)] </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #121091 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=midwood_trail><B>midwood_trail(310)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=midwood_trail><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=121091\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You gave us a[2a-4(2+a)] and said it is a fraction.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If so, where is the fraction?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think this is a case involving the distributive rule.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the brackets we have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2a - 4(2 + a)....We simplify this first using the distributive rule to do away with the parentheses.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-4 times 2 = -8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-4 times a = -4a\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We now have this in the brackets:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[-8 - 4a]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We now use the distributive rule again using the letter a outside the brackets.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a[-8 - 4a]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a times -8 = -8a\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a times -4a = -4a^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is our answer: -4a^2 - 8a\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If this is not what you want, then tell me where the fraction lies in your original question.\r<BR>\n" );
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