document.write( "Question 120302: How do I get the simplified answer the problem of -9(u-8v)
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"-9%28u-8v%29\"$ Start with the given expression\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28-9%29%28u%29%2B%28-9%29%28-8v%29\"$ Distribute $\"-9\"$ among the terms in the parenthesis\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"-9u%2B%28-9%29%28-8v%29\"$ Multiply $\"-9\"$ and $\"u\"$ to get $\"-9u\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"-9u%2B72v\"$ Multiply $\"-9\"$ and $\"-8v\"$ to get $\"72v\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So $\"-9%28u-8v%29\"$ distributes to $\"-9u%2B72v\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In other words, $\"-9%28u-8v%29=-9u%2B72v\"$ \r
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