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Use the distributive property to simplify 98 × 7

User MhagnumDw
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(you do it like this) .... (90*7) +(8*7)= 90 times 7= 630 and 8 times 7= 56= 630+56=686. .. ur welcome
User Vadim Goryunov
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You can't use the distributive property for this. It would have to be something like 3(2+x) or 5(1+8+5). Instead, you just multiply them and get 686. Hope this helps!
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