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Pls don’t take forever you don’t have to explain it!!!!!!!!

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The given two numbers are, 14 and 21

to find the sum using GCF and distributive property.

The GCF of 14 and 21 is 7.

The distributive law is,


a(b+c)=ab+ac

Thus, we write the sum as,


\begin{gathered} 7(2+3)=7\cdot2+7\cdot3 \\ =14+21 \\ =35 \end{gathered}