Question

Use the distributive property to write the following expression in expanded form. 2(b+c)

Answer 1

Answer:

2b + 2c

Step-by-step explanation:

If you distribute the 2 in b and c you will get to separate terms that will be added together. Since they are not like terms they cannot be combined.

The distributive property means you just multiply the outside number by the terms in the parenthesis. So 2 * b and 2 * c

$2(b + c)\\2(b + 2c)$

Answer 2

Answer:

2b+2c

Step-by-step explanation:

We need to expand this term by multiplying a term and an expression.

The following product distributive property will be used:

A(B+C)=AB+AC

In our example, the resulting expression will consist of 2 terms:

the first term is a product of 2 and b.

the second term is a product of 2 and c.

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