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Consider the equation below.
Which property can be used to simplify the expression 1/5 (x+2)

Consider the equation below. Which property can be used to simplify the expression-example-1
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Distributive.

Since 1/5 is outside of the parenthesis, this hints to it being needed to be distributed within the numbers and variables inside. This would help combine like terms and create a simplified version of the equation.

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