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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what does distributive property mean

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is a property of binary operations that generalizes the distributive law from elementary algebra. In propositional logic, distribution refers to two valid rules of replacement.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a(b+c) = ab+ac

Directrix (directrix):

The distributive property distributes multiplication over addition. Hence, x(y+z) [ read as x times the sum of y and z] takes x and multiplies it by y and then z to give xy + xz.

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