Pre-algebra is designed to set you up for algebra. It is designed to teach you the fundamental rules of advanced mathematics. We’re going to start with distributive property.
Distributive property is what it sounds like: Distributing a property over all of the equation or expression.
6(x – 12) turns out to be 6x – 72. See how I did that? I took 6 * x and 6 * 12
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