distributive property is when you take the number on the outside of the parenthesis and you, well, distribute it to the inside numbers.
so
35(5 + 7)
you have to do 35 * 5 and 35 * 7
its 175 and 245, and then you add those to get 420
same with 12
12 * 6 and 12 * 5
that's 72 and 60
72 - 60 = 12
you minus cause in the parenthesis it's a minus symbol in this case
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Your first equation is 4x + 7y= 32, the x’s representing the brushes and the y’s the tubes of paint. Our second equation is 6x+8y=43. What I did is I multiplied the first equation by 1.5 so that it turns into 6x+10.5y=48. Then I subtracted the second equation from the first, canceling out the x’s and leaving us with 2.5y=5. Then divided and got y=2. We then go back to any of the original equations and plug it in to get the x’s.
6x+8(2)=43. We get 6x+16=43. We subtract and are left with 6x=27 and then x=4.5. Then plug both of them in to a different equation to double check. You could also use substitution by isolating one of the variables in one equation and then plugging it in to the other one.