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Describe how you would Use the distributive property to simplify 39 * 5

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Seperate 39 into 30 and 9. Than you would multiply 5 by 30 and 5 by 9.
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To use the distributive property in this equation, you would separate 39 into 30 and 9. Then you would multiply 5 by 30 and 5 by 9. Hope this helps! :D

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