The distributive property involves two differentoperations - usually addition and multiplication in the same calculation.
4*(x + 3) = 4*x + 4*3 = 4x + 12
Expand: 8z-4-5z Collect like terms: 3z-4
The distributive property is where you will "distribute" a term outside of a set of grouping symbols into all the terms within the set of grouping symbols. For example, to distribute 6(x+3), you would multiply 6 by x and by 3, to get 6x + 18. The distributive property is usually the property used most often to solve for variables in linear equations. For example, in the linear equation, 3(x+2)=4+x, you would have to distribute the 3, since x and 2 are not like terms.
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You don't use a 'property" to combine like terms, you use an "operation". To combine like terms, use the following operations:Addition: 4x+3x=7xSubtraction: 4x-3x=1x=xMultiplication/Division:4x = 2x + y-2x + 4x = 2x + y -2x2x = y1/2 * 2x = y * 1/2x = y/2check: x,y=(10,20)4*10 = 2*10+2040 = 20+2040 = 40 = true==============You are absolutely right! I stand corrected: But if the asker wants to know, it is the distributive property of like terms which makes combing them possible as illustrated in the examples, above. Thanks.-----You can use the distributive property to combine like terms.For example, take 3x+5x. By using the distributive property, this is the same as x(3+5). Since 3+5=8, the sum of 3x and 5x is 8x.
The distributive property involves two differentoperations - usually addition and multiplication in the same calculation.
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12 times 14 = 12*(10 + 4) You could apply the distributive property twice and go for (10 + 2)*(10 + 4)
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72.divided 4 in distributive property
8*3.5 = 8*(3 + 0.5) which, applying the distributive property, = 8*3 + 8*0.5 = 24 + 4 = 28
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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The distributive property refers to a property of TWO binary operations - usually of multiplication and addition - not just one operation. Consequently, 7*420 does not have a distributive property.
Yes, but it would be a pointless thing to do. The associative property is much more appropriate.
The distributive property of multiplication over addition allows you to partition a multiplication problem into simpler chunks: For example: 4*57 = 4*(50+7) = 4*50 + 4*7 that last step used the distributive property = 200 + 28 = 228
(50+4)x67