Question

How do you use the distributive property to multiply `(3 1 /17)*17`?

Answer 1

Write `3 1/17` as `(3+1/17)` and multiply both terms by 17

Explanation:

`(3+1/17) * 17 = (3*17 + 1/17 * 17) = 51 + 1 + 52`