How do you use the distributive property to find 15(21/3)?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-09T23:08:45

$15(21/3)=105$

Simplify:

$15(21/3)$

Any whole number has a denominator of $1$ .

$15/1xx21/3$

Simplify.

$(15xx21)/(1xx3)$

Simplify.

$315/3$

Reduce.

$105$

Answer 2 · 2018-07-09T23:13:40

$105$

We can rewrite $15$ as $15/1$ , which gives us

$(15/1)*(21/3)$

Next, let's multiply straight across to get

$315/3$ , which simplifies to $105$ .

Hope this helps!