How do you use the distributive property to simplify (y+2)10(y+2)10?

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Jim G.
May 10, 2017

10y+2010y+20

Explanation:

"the distributive property can be left/right sided"the distributive property can be left/right sided

"that is " a(b+c)=(b+c)a=ab+acthat is a(b+c)=(b+c)a=ab+ac

rArr(y+2)color(red)(10)⇒(y+2)10

=(yxxcolor(red)(10))+(2xxcolor(red)(10))=(y×10)+(2×10)

=10y+20=10y+20

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