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Apply the distributive property to create an equivalent expression.

\dfrac12(10x + 20y +10z) =
2
1
​ (10x+20y+10z

User Patfreeze
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Answer:

5x+10y+5z

Explanation:

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User Dturvene
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Explanation:


\text{The distributive property:}\ a(b+c)=ab+ac\\\\(1)/(2)(10x+20y+10z)=(1)/(2\!\!\!\!\diagup_1)\cdot10\!\!\!\!\!\diagup^5x+(1)/(2\!\!\!\!\diagup_1)\cdot20\!\!\!\!\!\diagup^(10)y+(1)/(2\!\!\!\!\diagup_1)\cdot10\!\!\!\!\!\diagup^5z\\\\=5x+10y+5z

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