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Explain how you can use the distributive property to check that 3(x - 3) is the factored form of 3x - 9.

Explain how you can use the distributive property to check that 3(x - 3) is the factored-example-1
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MULTIPLY 3 BY X AND 3 BY 9.
3 TIMES X IS 3X
3 TIMES -3 IS -9
therefore you would have 3x-9
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