First remember that the distributive property is a method you can use to simplify expressions and to multiply the term outside of the parentheses by each term inside the parentheses. It’s the same thing with fractions, just remember to multiply the outside numerator (top) with the numerators of the terms inside parentheses and the outside denominator (bottom) with the denominators of the inside terms.
Read MoreThe distributive property is a method you can use to simplify expressions, especially when there are variables. To distribute, multiply the term outside of the parentheses by each term inside the parentheses. For instance the distributive property tells us a(b+c)=ab+ac and that a(b-c)=ab-ac.
Read MoreFOIL is a way to help you remember to multiply each term in the first set of parentheses by each term in the second set of parentheses. FOIL stands for Firsts, Outsides, Insides, Lasts, which is the order of the four terms in the result of the multiplication; it also indicates which terms in the given binomials are multiplied to produce each term in the result.
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