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.
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