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McGraw Hill Glencoe Algebra 1 Texas, 2016

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Exercise 1 Page 461

Recall the Distributive Property.

a^2+5a

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We will begin simplifying by distributing a to the terms inside the parentheses.

a(a+5)

Distribute a

a^2+5a

Since a^2 and 5a are not like terms, the expression cannot be simplified any further.

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