Question

Use the distributive property to fill in the blanks (3×7 ) - (3×2) = 3 ×( _____ - ____)

Answer 1

We are given an expression where the distributive property must be used. Let's remember the distributive property, it states the following:

`a* b-a* c=a*(b-c)`

The given expression is:

`3*7-3*2`

Therefore, we have that:

`\begin{gathered} a=3 \\ b=7 \\ c=2 \end{gathered}`

Replacing in the expression for the distributive law we get:

`3*7-3*2=3*(7-2)`