document.write( "Question 385513: Hello. It says to simplify 7(499) using the distributive property. Do I just multiply 7 x 499?\r
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It says to simplify 7(499) using the distributive property. Do I just multiply 7 x 499?
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\n" ); document.write( "Distributive Law: a(b+c) = ab+ac
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\n" ); document.write( "7*499 = 7*400+7*99 = 2800+603 = 3403
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\n" ); document.write( "Also, if you have lines on either side of 18-6, how do you do that? It sort of looks like /18-6/ except the lines are completely vertical.
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\n" ); document.write( "Those are absolute value symbols.
\n" ); document.write( "|18-6| means \"the distance from 18 to 6|
\n" ); document.write( "it is the same as |6-18|
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