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How can you use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression for 2l+2w? explain.

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You can do 21+(2*w) because 2w is equal to 2*w

FYI *=Multiplication
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Distributive property means that we can take factor in from of parenthesis.
2l+2w=2(l+w)
The number is not changed, because factor can be easily multiplied by every argument in front of parenthesis.
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