document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1092248>Question 1092248</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 8x(14=7)=?+(8x7)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Complete the equation, and tell which property you used\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hi, my son's answer: He put 14 on the question mark and wrote associative property of multiplication and he got .5 credit for each answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you please help?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #706848 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=706848\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The left side isn't clear with two equal signs.  Therefore, I will give two possible answers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If it is 8 x (14 x 7)=14 x (8 x 7), that is the associative property of multiplication.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "They may have wanted the product, which is 784.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If it is 8 x (14+7)=? + (8 x 7), then it should be (8 x 14)+ (8 x 7), which is the distributive property of multiplication.  There, the 8 is multiplied by each of the terms in the parentheses and the two products are added.  That answer is 112+56=168, which is 8 x 21.<BR>\n" );
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