You use the FOIL method, which stands for First Outside Inside Last. Say, for example, you have the factored polynomial (2x - 3)(x + 1).
To FOIL it you would take the two first components, 2x and x, and multiply them together, getting 2x^2. Next, you take the two outside components, 2x and 1, and multiply them together, getting 2x. After that, you take the two inside components, -3 and x, and multiply them together, getting -3x. Finally, you take the two last components, -3 and 1, and multiply them together, getting -3. You add all of these things together to get 2x^2 - x - 3.
With only variables, you could look at it this way: (ax + b)(x + c), the answer being ax^2 + acx + bx + bc.
The distributive property is not used for simplified multiplication. See http://www.algebrahelp.com/lessons/simplifying/distribution for information about how to use the distributive property to simplify other equations. 20 x 12 is already simplified, so the proper way to solve it is 12 x20 ----- 240 You could potentially factor and use the commutative property to find a simpler equation, ex. 20x12 -- break 20 into 10 and 2 10x2x12 -- multiply 2 by 12 10x24 -- multiply by 10 240
Oh, dude, you're hitting me with some math vibes! Okay, so, like, an equation using the distributive property that equals 18 could be something like 2(7 + 4) = 18. You distribute the 2 to both the 7 and the 4 inside the parentheses, giving you 27 + 24, which equals 14 + 4, which is indeed 18. Math, man, it's wild.
Do you mean (3ax-15a)+(x-5)?If so, then this is simply a matter of factoring by grouping, which you should have learned in pre-algebra.You should show these steps in your work:1. (3ax-15a)+(x-5)- beginning equation2. 3a(x-5)+1(x-5)- factoring it out3. (3a+1)(x-5)- rule of factoring by groupingYou should learn this method, because it is very simple and helps you a lot in factoring chapters.
Using the communative property of both addition and multiplication, 11+ab could be rewritten as ab+11, 11+ba or ba+11.
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no because distributive property is for multiple digit numbers.
Whether or not the distributive property can or should be used depends on what you wish to multiply 43.2 by. For example, if you wish to multiply 43.2 by 10, the distributive property is irrelevant!
12 times 14 = 12*(10 + 4) You could apply the distributive property twice and go for (10 + 2)*(10 + 4)
19*14 = 19*(10 + 4) = 19*10 + 19*4 = 190 + 76 = 266 (You could use the distributive property again to split 19 into 10 + 9 but that is multiplying by 19 is simple enough and using the distributive property for that is just laziness.
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As it stands, 16*102 has no distributive property. The distributive property is a property that multiplication has over addition. It is, therefore, necessary for the question to have a multiplicative components and an additive component.So, if you chose to write 102 as (100 + 2) then the question becomes16*(100 + 2)and THEN the distributive property can be used to express that as16*100 + 16*2You could, equally go for(10 + 6)*102 = 10*102 + 6*102Or split either number into any other convenient form of addition.
You wouldn't. if it was something like 15(X-95) then you could use the distrubutive property but that is just a multiplication problem
The distributive property in math is (in variable definition) : a(b+c)=ab+ac For example you could use the distributive property to simplify this expression: 3(x+4) (3)(x) + (3)(4) 3x+12 is your answer! Hope this helps! -dancinggirl25
For example, you use it every time you do a multiplication. For example, in the following multiplication: 13 x 2 --- 26 Actually 13 is being split into two parts, 10 + 3, and then the distributive property is applied.
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If you're talkin about the distributive property, here's an example of how to use it: 5(x + 4) You do 5*x= 5x and 5*4= 20 and you get 5x + 20 Get it? Hope could help :)
You could write it as 8*(18000 + 100 + 44) = 8*18000 + 8*100 + 8*44