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The distributive property is important because it combines both addition and multiplication. This property states that multiplying a sum by a number is the same as multiplying each addend by the number and then adding the products. For example:
3(2 + 5) = 3 x 2 + 3 x 5
3(7) = 6 + 15
21 = 21
if we let a, b, and c be any whole numbers, then
a(b + c) = ab + ac
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