Question

to reduce fractions, you must find the ____. simplifying expressions with powers requires the application of __ laws. the operation used to multiply a single term by each term inside parentheses is called ____.

Explanation:

1. Reducing fractions involves dividing numerator and denominator by their GCD to simplify.
2. Simplifying power expressions relies on exponent laws (e.g., product, quotient rules).
3. Multiplying a single term across parentheses uses the distributive property (a(b+c)=ab+ac).

Answer:

greatest common divisor (GCD)
exponent
distributive property