How do you use the distributive property to simplify $7 (y + 8)$ $7(y+8)$ ?

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How do you use the distributive property to simplify $7 (y + 8)$ $7(y+8)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-22T13:55:27

$7 y + 56$ $7y+56$

Explanation:

Each term inside the bracket is $multiplied$ $color(blue)"multiplied"$ by 7

$\Rightarrow 7 (y + 8)$ $rArrcolor(red)(7)(y+8)$

$= (7 \times y) + (7 \times 8)$ $=(color(red)(7)xxy)+(color(red)(7)xx8)$

$= 7 y + 56$ $=7y+56$

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