Verify the property: a * (b+c) = (a*b) + (a*c) by taking a = 3/5, b = - 2, c = 10/13

This is the distributive property

Step-by-step explanation:

You use the distributive property to allocate a number outside of the parentheses to inside the parentheses.

For this example, they distributed a to both b and c making it a*b + a*c

This will result in the same answer:

3/5 (-2 + 10/13) = 3/5*-2 + 3/5*10/13

3/5 (-1.23 ...) = - 6/5 + 30/65 ( ... = approx)

approximately - 0.74 = - 0.74