How do you use the distributive property to simplify $9 (a - 10)$ $9(a-10)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-09T13:58:15

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Multiply each term within the parenthesis by $9$ $color(red)(9)$ :

$(9 \times a) - (9 \times 10) \to 9 a - 90$ $(color(red)(9) xx a) - (color(red)(9) xx 10) -> 9a - 90$

How do you use the distributive property to simplify 9(a-10)9(a−10)9(a-10)?