Jeremy Z. answered • 10/06/13
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Hi Jordyn,
Using the distributive property which is a(b+c) is equal to ab + bc
In this problem 0 will be a, 3.7x will be b, and 4.21 will be c
So now we have 0(3.7x - 4.21) is equal to 0 times 3.7x minus 0 times 4.21
which equals 0 minus 0 which is 0
P.S if you meant 0(3.7 times -4.21) the answer would still be zero, however it wouldn't be the distributive property.
Jeremy Z.
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Sorry there is a typo in my definition of the distributive property.
It should have said that a(b+c) is equal (a • b) + (a • c).
Roman, x always gets multiplied by zero, so it's irrelevant, there's no way to solve for x in this problem.
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