document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=166970>Question 166970</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618920110/algebrahomeworkh>mathematics 1</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is not the Pythagorean Theorem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is called the distributive rule.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We multiply every term inside the parentheses by the outside number or term.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 times 6 = 18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-b times 6 = -6b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Put it all together and we get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "18 - 6b.\r<BR>\n" );
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