How do you use the distributive property to rewrite and evaluate $(9 - 4) 19$ $(9-4)19$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-08-25T13:10:27

See a solution process below:

Using the distributive property we can multiply each term within the parenthesis by the term outside the parenthesis:

$(9 - 4) 19 \Rightarrow (9 \times 19) - (4 \times 19)$ $(9 - 4)color(red)(19) => (9 xx color(red)(19)) - (4 xx color(red)(19))$

To evaluate, perform both multiplication operations and then subtract the results:

$(9 \times 19) - (4 \times 19) \Rightarrow 171 - 76 \Rightarrow 95$ $(9 xx color(red)(19)) - (4 xx color(red)(19)) => 171 - 76 => 95$

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