Answer: You must see if it is a distributive property of multiplication over addition or a distributive property of multiplication over subtration.
Step-by-step explanation:
You can find two kind of expressions in this property:
- Distributive property of multiplication over addition: When you mulitply a sum by a number. For example:
[tex]a(b+c)=ab+ac[/tex]
- Distributive property of multiplication over subtration: When you mulitply a subtration expression by a number. For example:
[tex]a(b-c)=ab-ac[/tex]
Answer:
Distributive property is only for multiplication of two or more terms
Step-by-step explanation:
Distributive property:
It is an algebra property which is used to multiply a single term and two or more terms
So, distributive property is for multiplication only
For example:
For two terms:
[tex]a(b+c)=a\times b +a\times c[/tex]
For more than two terms:
[tex]a(b+c+d)=a\times b +a\times c+a\times d[/tex]
Suppose, we want to multiply
7 with (9+3)
then we can use distributive property
[tex]7(9+3)=7\times 9 +7\times 3[/tex]
[tex]7(9+3)=63+21[/tex]
[tex]7(9+3)=84[/tex]
We can verify it
[tex]7(9+3)=7\times (12)[/tex]
[tex]7(9+3)=84[/tex]
So, distributive property is only for multiplication of two or more terms
