Question

What's with

"Use the distributive property of multiplication"

instead of

"Multiply it out" ?

Is this the new New Math? Group Theory Demystified? or What?

Answer 1

Just a little rant...:-)

Answer 2

I think it is a general wordings by we people..

But according to Math, we should say Distributive Property..

Answer 3

OK, I know it's correct but to me itsounds like

'I have to run and catch my "mechanized red object with 4 wheels" aka a bus'

Answer 4

Or , it's like saying , 0 +1 is {} + {{}}