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OpenStudy (anonymous):

help 2(a+b)4a+2b

OpenStudy (dtan5457):

Trying to simplify or what?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

simplify

OpenStudy (dtan5457):

Distribute the parenthesis.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i know that if a variable is by itself its 1. so i distribute a and 4a and 2b and b

OpenStudy (dtan5457):

Look at it like \[2(a+b)\times 4a+2b\]

OpenStudy (dtan5457):

Distribute only to the 2 because PEMDAS states to do multiplication left to right.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (dtan5457):

\[(2a+2b) \times 4a+2b\]\[8a^2+8ab+2b\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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