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How do you simplify $9 (a + b)$ $9(a+b)$ ?

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Jun 28, 2015

$9 (a + b) = 9 a + 9 b$ $9(a+b) = 9a+9b$

Explanation:

This is just a simple application of the distributive rule (for multiplication over addition).

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