document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=348807>Question 348807</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I expand by Distributave Property? Here is the question.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "mx(ab-b) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #249551 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=nyc_function><B>nyc_function(2741)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=nyc_function><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=nyc_function><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=249551\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> mx(ab-b) =\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just multiply every term inside the parentheses by the term outside the \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "parentheses.  Doing this will clear the parentheses.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "mx times ab = abmx\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "mx times -b = -bmx\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Final answer: abmx - bmx\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After looking at your question a bit more carefully, I noticed that the term \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "outside the parentheses is missing the letter b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In other words, when factoring abmx - bmx, the correct factored answer is \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "bmx(a - 1).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Understand? </SPAN>\n" );
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