How do you use the distributive property to multiply $(3 \frac{1}{17}) \cdot 17$ $(3 1 /17)*17$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-05T16:35:39

Write $3 \frac{1}{17}$ $3 1/17$ as $(3 + \frac{1}{17})$ $(3+1/17)$ and multiply both terms by 17

$(3 + \frac{1}{17}) \cdot 17 = (3 \cdot 17 + \frac{1}{17} \cdot 17) = 51 + 1 + 52$ $(3+1/17) * 17 = (3*17 + 1/17 * 17) = 51 + 1 + 52$

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