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Which property justifies the statement below x(y-3)=xy-3x

User Lidi Zheng
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the distributive property

a(b + c ) = ab + ac

Apply this property to the given expression

x(y - 3 ) = xy - 3x


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For this case we have that, by definition, the distributive property states that the multiplication of a number by a sum is equal to the sum of the multiplications of that number by each of the addends, that is:


a (b + c) = ab + ac

Thus, it is observed that the property applied was the distributive property ,


x(y-3)=xy-3x

Answer:

Distributive property


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