Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 6
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4. The Distributive Property
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Exercise 6 Page 223

Recall the Distributive Property.

4b+17

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We want to simplify the given expression. To do it, we will use the Distributive Property. We will distribute 3 to the terms inside the parentheses.
3(b+5)+b+2
3(b)+3(5)+b+2
3b+15+b+2
3b+b+15+2
3b+1b+15+2
(3+1)b+15+2
4b+17
Since 4b and 17 are not like terms, the expression cannot be simplified further.