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How do you simplify using the distributive property of 725 x 4?

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Oct 11, 2017

$2900$ $2900$

Explanation:

$expressing 725 as a sum$ $"expressing "725" as a sum"$

$\Rightarrow 725 \times 4$ $rArr725xx4$

$= (700 + 25) \times 4$ $=(700+25)xx4$

$= (4 \times 700) + (4 \times 25) \leftarrow distributive property$ $=(4xx700)+(4xx25)larrcolor(blue)"distributive property"$

$= 2800 + 100$ $=2800+100$

$= 2900$ $=2900$

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