Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 6
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4. The Distributive Property
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Exercise 48 Page 226

Recall the Distributive Property.

7x+12y

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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.
4x+9y+3(x+y)
4x+9y+3(x)+3(y)
4x+9y+3(x)+3(y)
4x+9y+3x+3y
4x+3x+9y+3y
(4+3)x+9y+3y
(4+3)x+(9+3)y
7x+12y
Since 7x and 12y are not like terms, the expression cannot be simplified further.