Glencoe Math: Course 2, Volume 2
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4. The Distributive Property
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Exercise 12 Page 379

Be careful with negatives when distributing.

- 7d-14

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We are asked to rewrite the given expression using the Distributive Property. To do so, we need to distribute - 7 to the terms inside the parentheses.
(d+2)(- 7)
d(- 7) + 2(- 7)
- d(7) + [- 2(7)]
- 7d+[- 14]
- 7d-14