Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 6
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4. The Distributive Property
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Exercise 23 Page 225

Recall the Distributive Property.

x/4+3

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We want to simplify the given expression. To do it, we will use the Distributive Property. We will distribute 14 to the terms inside the parentheses.
1/4(8+x+4)
1/4(8)+1/4(x)+1/4(4)
1* 8/4+1* x/4+1* 4/4
8/4+x/4+4/4
2+x/4+1
x/4+2+1
x/4+3
Since x4 and 3 are not like terms, the expression cannot be simplified further.