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7x(11+6) during distributive property

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7(11 + 6) is multiplying the number outside the parenthesis (7) by the numbers within the parenthesis (11 and 6), so you end up with:
77 + 42, which equals to 119.
If 7x is a variable, then 77x + 42x, which is 119x.
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