To be picky, the distributive property is about multiplication, but division is defined in terms of multiplication, so your question can be answered!
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Say you have (6xy+15y)/(3y). The distributive property will say this is equal to 6xy/3y + 15y/3y = 2x + 5.
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Notice that the "/3y" has been distributed onto each term inside the parentheses.
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multiplication: the opposite (division) property is factoring
to multiplya polynomial by a monomial,use the distributive property and then combine like terms.
(a+b)/c = a/c + b/c
no because distributive property is for multiple digit numbers.
You don't. The distributive property involves at least three numbers.