Distributive Property

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Distributive Property ~ the product of a number and a sum is equal to the sum of the individual
products of the addends and the number.
a(b + c) = ab + ac
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Rewrite the expression without parentheses.
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True or False: Are the two expressions equal? If False, explain why.
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Simplify the expression
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