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OpenStudy (dehelloo):

Is the distributive law just expanding? a*(a+b) = ab+ac

OpenStudy (astrophysics):

Yes

Directrix (directrix):

@dehelloo You have the right idea about the distributive property distributing multiplication over addition. But, in your problem, this is not true: a*(a+b) = ab+ac a*(a+b) = a^2 + ab

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