How do you use the distributive property to simplify $(3 + y) 6$ $(3+y)6$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-20T00:16:12

Multiply each term within the parenthesis by $6$ $color(red)(6)$ .

$(3 + y) 6$ $(3 + y)color(red)(6)$ becomes:

$(6 \times 3) + (6 \times y) = 18 + 6 y$ $(color(red)(6) xx 3) + (color(red)(6) xx y) = 18 + 6y$ or $6 y + 18$ $6y + 18$

How do you use the distributive property to simplify (3+y)6(3+y)6?