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Nymonka09744:

pls help

Nymonka09744:

Apply the distributive property to rewrite the expression. 32+72

DarkChubstersYT:

72+32=104

ChloeHamilton:

well, if its how im thinking, a coefficient that easily goes into both numbers evenly is 8.

mxddi3:

@chloehamilton wrote:
well, if its how im thinking, a coefficient that easily goes into both numbers evenly is 8.
Yes, this is a good start. Since we are going to be using 8, we are going to be left with something like this: \[32+72=8(a+b)\] Now, divide 32 by 8, and that will be your "a" value and divide 72 by 8 and that will be your "b" value.

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