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Question 973615: How do you get the answer 3(x+2y) when the expression is 3x+6y: use the distributive property This is pre-algebra Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source):
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Named the 'Distributive Property (sometimes referred to as the distributive law) because in essence, you are distributing something as you separate or break it into parts. The distributive property makes numbers easier to work with. In algebra when we use the distributive property, we're expanding (distributing).
so, you multiply a sum by multiplying each addend separately and then add the products
since you got expression , that is all you need to do
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