document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=100134>Question 100134</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the distrubutive property? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #72919 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=YeahItsRachel><B>YeahItsRachel(1)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=YeahItsRachel><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=72919\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Distributive Property states that a problem can be the same, but simplified, when you \"distribute\"[multiply] the outside number of a parenthesis to the inside number(s) in the parenthesis.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It simply says that a(b+c) is equal to ab+ac.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "One example is 3(7+a). Using the Distributive Property, we can simplify it to 21+3a. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</TD></TR></TABLE>\n" );