document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=922579>Question 922579</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How to use the distributive property to write an equivalent algebraic expression? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "the distributive property states:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%2A%28b%2Bc%29+=+%28a%2Ab%29+%2B+%28a%2Ac%29+=+ab+%2B+ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%2A%28b%2Bc%29+=+%28a%2Ab%29+%2B+%28a%2Ac%29+=+ab+%2B+ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the common multiplier <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > multiplies each term within the parentheses <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28b%2Bc%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28b%2Bc%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "example:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%28n%2B5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%28n%2B5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > an equivalent algebraic expression will be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6n+%2B+30 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6n+%2B+30\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2%28k%2B8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2%28k%2B8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >an equivalent algebraic expression will be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2k+-16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2k+-16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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