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Algebra isn’t my best subject, please help

Algebra isn’t my best subject, please help-example-1

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Answer:

Distributive Property

Explanation:

You are distributing the 2 to the 5 and 7. which goes from 2(5+7) to 10+14.

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The Distributive property states that when we have the statement a(b + c), we can "distribute" the a by multiplying a times both terms that are inside the parenthses.

So in this problem, 2(5 + 7) can be simplified by distributing the

2 through both terms that are inside the set of parenthses.

So we have (2 · 5) + (2 · 7).

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