Question

How do you use the distributive property to rewrite and evaluate `3(m+n)`?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

The distributive property of multiplication says we can multiply each term within the parenthesis by the term outside the parenthesis.

For this problem, we can "distribute" `color(red)(3)` across each term within the parenthesis:

`color(red)(3)(m + n)` becomes:

`(color(red)(3) xx m) + (color(red)(3) xx n)`

`3m + 3n`