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Show the distributive property in expanding 1/2(y+2)

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Answer:


(1)/(2)(y+2)=(y)/(2)+1

Step-by-step explanation:

Given the expression:


(1)/(2)(y+2)

To show the distributive property, we multiply 1/2 by each of the values inside the bracket.

Doing this, we have:


\begin{gathered} (1)/(2)* y+(1)/(2)*2 \\ \\ =(y)/(2)+1 \end{gathered}

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