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How to use the distributive property to write an expression equivalent to 5x(3 4)?

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I am assuming theres an addition sign between the 3 and 4.
So basically you want to multiply the 5x by both terms so it will end up being
(5x•3) + (5x•4)
Now simplify:
15x+20x
Hope this helped ^_^
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