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Use the Distributive Property to evaluate 7(3 + 12)

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To make the multiplication of a number by two terms in parentheses, first, we distribute the number out of the parentheses, multiplying it by each number on each side of the + sign, at this point we can get rid of the parentheses, like this:

Then, we take the product of the numbers

Use the Distributive Property to evaluate 7(3 + 12)-example-1
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