how do you answer this distributive property.... (9m+10)•2

Question

I'm so confused help me plzzz.

Answer 1

The distributive property means that you take the multiplication on the outside of the parentheses and multiply it to the values that are inside.

So we have:

2(9m + 10)

So inside of the parentheses, we have a +9m and a +10. What we need to do now is multiply the 2 to each part:

2 * 9m = 18m

2 * 10 = 20

Final answer:

18m + 20

 

 

Here's an example if we remove variables:

5(3 + 5)

We can solve it using the order of operations:

5(8)

40

 

Now to use the distributive property to show that we come to the same answer:

5 * 3 = 15

5 * 5 = 25

15 + 25 = 40

 

I hope this helps you to understand how distribution works.