document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=731859>Question 731859</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am trying to figure out the commutative and/or associative law of multiplication to write two expression equivalent to \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(5x+8+3p) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(5x+3p+8)   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What I did i swap places.  To solve I 4+8=12+3=15x5 =75x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                      4+3=7+8=15x5= 75x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is the answer I got however, I am not sure. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "4(5x+8+3p) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(5x+3p+8) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What I did i swap places. To solve I 4+8=12+3=15x5 =75x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4+3=7+8=15x5= 75x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(5x+8+3p) and 4(5x+3p+8) are the same.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 20x + 12p + 32 or 12p + 20x + 32<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your answer has no p term.  I don't know exactly what you did, but it's not right.<BR>\n" );
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