Question

use the distributive property to write the next step in simplifying the numerical expression. use the asterisk symbol (*) to represent multiplication. Do not multiply factors fully and do not use spaces

Answer 1

Given:

`7(x+7)`

The next step to simplify this expression is to distribute the multiplication on the parentheses term. This means that you have to multiply each term inside the parentheses by 7

`7(x+7)=7\cdot x+7\cdot7=7x+49`