How do you simplify $4 (1 + 9 x)$ $4(1+9x)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-29T14:03:37

Use the distributive property.

The distributive property states that $a (b + c) = a \cdot b + a \cdot c$ $a(b+c)=a⋅b+a⋅c$ . Let's use this to solve our problem:

$4 (1 + 9 x) = 4 \cdot 1 + 4 \cdot 9 x = 4 + 36 x$ $4(1+9x)=4*1+4*9x=4+36x$

$4 + 36 x$ $4+36x$ is our answer.

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