Question

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distribute $4(7x + 9)$.
answer attempt 1 out of 2

Explanation:

Step1: Apply distributive property

The distributive property states that \( a(b + c)=ab+ac \). Here, \( a = 4 \), \( b=7x \), and \( c = 9 \). So we multiply 4 with each term inside the parentheses.
First, multiply 4 with \( 7x \): \( 4\times7x=28x \)

Step2: Multiply 4 with 9

Next, multiply 4 with 9: \( 4\times9 = 36 \)

Step3: Combine the results

Combine the two results from Step 1 and Step 2. So \( 4(7x + 9)=28x+36 \)

Answer:

\( 28x + 36 \)