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Use the distributive property to evaluate the expression 4(11-5)

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Distributive property states:


\begin{gathered} a(b+c)=ab+ac \\ so\colon \\ 4(11-5)=4\cdot11-4\cdot5=44-20=24 \end{gathered}

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