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How could you correctly rewrite the equation 4(5+3)=2(22-6) using the distributive property?

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We can correctly rewrite the equation: 4(5+3) = 2(22-6) by distributing each side.

4(5+3) = 2(22-6)

4(8) = 2(16)

32 = 32

Once you finish distributing each side, you can check to see if it is equal on both sides.

In our case it is since they both equal 32 after distributing the terms.

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