Question

- 45 × 47 solve using distributive property​

Answer 1

Answer: -2115

Explanation:

We can use the distributive property to simplify the calculation of -45 × 47 as follows:

`\huge \boxed{\begin{minipage}{4 cm}\begin{align*}-45 * 47 &= -45 * (40 + 7) \\&= (-45 * 40) + (-45 * 7) \\&= -1800 - 315 \\&= -2115\end{align*}\end{minipage}}`

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Therefore, -45 × 47 = -2115 when using the distributive property.

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Answer 2

To solve this problem using the distributive property, we can break down -45 into -40 and -5. Then we can distribute each of these terms to 47 and add the products:

`\begin{aligned}-45 * 47 &= (-40 - 5) * 47 \\ &= (-40 * 47) + (-5 * 47) \\ &= -1{,}880 - 235 \\ &= \boxed{-2{,}115}\end{aligned}`

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