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document.write( "  9(3x+8y)\r\n" );
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document.write( "You take what's just left of the parentheses, which is 9,\r\n" );
document.write( "and multiply it by the first term inside the parentheses, 3x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "When you do that you multiply the 9 by the 3, getting 27. Then\r\n" );
document.write( "you write the x beside that.  You get 27x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then you take what's just left of the parentheses again, which is 9,\r\n" );
document.write( "but this time you multiply it by the second term inside the parentheses,\r\n" );
document.write( "which is +8y.\r\n" );
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document.write( "When you do that you multiply the 9 by the +8, getting +72. Then\r\n" );
document.write( "you write the y besides that. You get +72y.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So you end up with\r\n" );
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document.write( "27x + 72y.\r\n" );
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