document.write( "Question 50073: I was working on my homework and this might be a stupid question but I'm only in 7th grade taking accelerated math. Anyway there was this problem 2s+12r and I'm suppose to restate each expression using distributive propery. How do I do that???? I answered 14xsr is the answer is that right??? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #33302 by lkwtcnj(8) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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It's not a stupid question! The distributive property lets you factor out common multiples in an expression. In this case, your only common factor would be 2 (since 2 and 12 are both divisible by 2). Just divide two out of the expression and place it outside:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2s + 12r = (2*1)s + (2 * 6)r = 2(s + 6r)\r
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