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What is equivalent to 5(y+2) ?

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The Distributive Property of Multiplication should be applied here.

This means that y + 2 in this equation has to be multiplied by 5.

So:

5(y+2) = (5 * y) + (5 * 2)

Simplify:

5y + 10
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