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Distributive Property - How it Works - Video
Distributive Property - How it Works - Video
Example 1
Example 1
Example 1:
8x - (4x - 2)
8x -1 * (4x - 2)
8x - 4x + 2
8 * x - 4 * x + 2
4x + 2
Rewrote the minus as -1
Distributed the minus 1
Added the multiplication sign
Subtracted 8x and 4x
Example 2
Example 2
Example 2:
2(m - 3) - 5(4m +1)
2 * (m - 3) - 5 * (4m +1)
2m - 6 - 20m + 5
2m - 20m - 6 - 5
2 * m - 20 * m - 6 - 5
-18m - 11
Added the multiplication sign
Distributed the 2 and -5
Rearranged the terms
Added the multiplication sign
Subtracted 2m and 20m and -6 and 5
Example 3
Example 3
Example 3:
5p + 1 - 7(p2 + 3p)
5p + 1 - 7 * (p2 + 3p)
5p + 1 - 7p2 - 21p
-7p2 + 5p - 21p + 1
-7p2 + 5 * p - 21 * p + 1
-7p2 - 16p + 1
Added the multiplication sign
Distributed the -7
Rearranged the terms
Added the multiplication sign
Subtracted 5p and 21p
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