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the following steps are used to rewrite the polynomial expression (x+2y)(x-5y) step 1:x(x-5y) identify the proerty used in each of the steps

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The first step listed is the distributive property.

The distributive property states that you multiply everything inside a set of parentheses by the term outside parentheses.
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