SOLUTION: Can someone please help me. This is due tonight and it is the only one that I cannot get. The question Explain the distributive property and use it to rewrite the expression 7(5

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Question 351339: Can someone please help me. This is due tonight and it is the only one that I cannot get.
The question
Explain the distributive property and use it to rewrite the expression
7(5x+4y)
Found 2 solutions by rfer, Earlsdon:
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
just multiply through by 7
35x+28y

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distributive property means that you have to "distribute" or multiply every term inside the parentheses by the number on the outside of the parentheses.
7%285x%2B4y%29+=+7%2A%285x%29%2B7%2A%284y%29 = 35x%2B28y