How do you use the distributive property to simplify #7(y+8)#?
1 Answer
Jan 22, 2017
Explanation:
Each term inside the bracket is
#color(blue)"multiplied"# by 7
#rArrcolor(red)(7)(y+8)#
#=(color(red)(7)xxy)+(color(red)(7)xx8)#
#=7y+56#