How you know whether to add or subtract when use the distributive property to multiply

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Hayden Burns

15 July, 20:24

How you know whether to add or subtract when use the distributive property to multiply

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Carmen Austin · Answer 1

The complete name for The Distributive Property is:

The Distributive Property of Multiplication Over Addition:

a (b+c) = ab + ac

and

The Distributive Property of Multiplication Over Subtraction:

a (b-c) = ab - ac