SOLUTION: Hello, I have a question from my homework, it's using distributive property, Here's the problem: 10a+2(a+9)+25
I tried it and I'm not sure if it's correct but i got 2a+143
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I tried it and I'm not sure if it's correct but i got 2a+143
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Question 934285: Hello, I have a question from my homework, it's using distributive property, Here's the problem: 10a+2(a+9)+25
I tried it and I'm not sure if it's correct but i got 2a+143
If you need some guidelines it's a expression that needs simplified using the distributive property and the commutative property. Please help, thanks! Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Using distributive property:
Using commutative property:
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You can always do a crude check by
plugging in a number for the variable:
I'll say:
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and, also:
It checks OK
