document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=171534>Question 171534</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618503080/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Multiply: (–4 – a)2\r<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 #126691 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><B>Mathtut(3670)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><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=126691\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you must use the distributive property which states that a(b+c)=ab+ac<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2(-4-a)=2(-4)+2(-a)=<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-8-2a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-8-2a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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