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Distributive property

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Distributive property allows you multiply a sum by multiplying each addend individually and then add the products.
here is an example of distributive property: 1 (2+3) = 1 x 2 + 1 x 3

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User Eugene  Maksimov
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a(b+c) = ab+ac
just essentially expanding
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