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OpenStudy (anonymous):

distributed property to rewrite the expression -8(a+b)=

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

Multiply the -8 outside the parentheses by each quantity inside the parentheses. What do you get?

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

This is the distributive property of multiplication over addition: \(k(x + y) = kx + ky\) In your case, k = -8, x = a, y = b

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