Distributive property means that you have to multiply everything directly outside the parent hes to everything inside the parentheses. For this problem multiply 7 to the 9x and to the -9 like so:
7(9x) + 7(-9)
63x + (-63)
63x - 63
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
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The number of guests coming to Doug McDougal party can be calculated to be 23 people.
<h3>What number of people are coming?</h3>
Doug invited 138 guests and out of this, only 1/6 will be coming.
The number of people coming is therefore:
= Number invited x Proportion coming
Solving gives:
= 138 x 1/6
= 23 people
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