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4. The Distributive Property

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Exercise 37 Page 381

Be careful with negatives when distributing.

- 6a + 4b

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We are asked to rewrite the given expression using the Distributive Property. To do so, we need to distribute - 2 to the terms inside the parentheses.

- 2(3a-2b)

DiffToSum

a-b = a+(- b)

- 2[3a+(- 2b)]

Distr

Distribute - 2

- 2(3a) + (- 2)(- 2b)

MultNegNegTwoPar

(- a)(- b)=a* b

- 2(3a) + 2(2b)

Multiply

- 6a + 4b