Distribution

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What is distribution in mathematics?

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Distribution is a property that allows you to multiply a single term by two or more terms inside a set of parentheses. It is often expressed using the distributive property: a(b + c) = ab + ac.

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What is the distributive property?

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The distributive property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac. It allows you to distribute a multiplication over addition or subtraction.

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Simplify: 2(c - 8)

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2c - 16

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Simplify: -6x + 4(-x - 3)

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-10x - 12

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Simplify: -9(-3h - 8)

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27h + 72

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Simplify: x + 4 - 7(x - 5)

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-6x + 39

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Simplify: 3(2c - 5)

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6c - 15

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What does it mean to simplify an expression?

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To simplify an expression means to combine like terms and perform operations to reduce it to its simplest form.

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What are like terms?

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Like terms are terms that have the same variable raised to the same power. For example, 3x and 5x are like terms.

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What is a variable in mathematics?

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A variable is a symbol, often a letter, that represents a number in mathematical expressions or equations.