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A farmer sold 54 pumpkins the first weekend of a fall festival and 42 pumpkins the second weekend.

Which expression uses the distributive property to show equivalent expressions for this situation?

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Answer:?-54-42=?

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Answer: 54 + 42 = 6(9 + 7)

Explanation:

Using distributive property on the right side of the equality, you multiply 6 and nine and 6 and 7 to get rid of the parenthesis.

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