SOLUTION: How do I use the distributive property to multiply 4,276 by 10?

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Question 1123793: How do I use the distributive property to multiply 4,276 by 10?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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equation a%28b+%2B+c%29, which also can be written as %28ab%29+%2B+%28ac%29 because the distributive property dictates that a, which is outside the parenthetical, must be multiplied by both b and c. In other words, you are distributing the multiplication of a between both b and c.
since you have to multiply 4276 by 10, in order to use distributive property you need to write 4276 as a sum of 4000,200,70, and 6:
%284000%2B200%2B70%2B6%29%2A10=40000%2B2000%2B700%2B60=42760