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Which property of real numbers is utlities by rewriting 11x+5xy as x(11+5y)

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Answer:

distributive property

Explanation:

The distributive property of multiplication over addition tells you ...

a(b +c) = ab +ac

This works both ways, allowing you to eliminate or add parentheses as may be needed.

The common factor of ...

11x +5xy

is x. It may be factored out according to the distributive property to give ...

x(11 +5y)

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