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How do you solve a(x plus b)=c in terms of x using the distributive property?

User Zulakis
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Do you mean

a( x + b ) = c

If so to distribute you need to multiply a and x
Multiply a and b too

You would get ax
You'd also get ab

Then the equation would be ax + ab = c

The form given above would make it easier to solve
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