What is the distributive property?

Mathematics

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Bumek [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

2(x + y) = 2x + 2y

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GenaCL600 [577]3 years ago

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To distribute means to divide something and give a share or part of something. According to the distributive property multiply in the sum of two or more addends by a number will give the same result as multiply each addend individually by the number and then adding the products together.

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