How do you use the distributive property to rewrite and evaluate $7*497$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-09-14T12:59:43

$3479$

$7xx497" can be expressed in the following form"$

$=7(500-3)$

$=3500-21larrcolor(red)" distributive property"$

$=3479$

How do you use the distributive property to rewrite and evaluate 7*4977*497?