SOLUTION: Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses in the following expression. Then simplify your result if possible. 1/4 (20 + 16)

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Question 72770: Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses in the following expression. Then simplify your result if possible.

1/4 (20 + 16)
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Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses in the following expression. Then simplify your result if possible.

	 

     1/4 (20 + 16)



     1/4(20) + 1/4(16)     Distributive Property. multiply



     20/4 + 16/4          divide each term



     5 + 4                Add



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