How do you use the distributive property to simplify $2(4x + 3y)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-11T02:51:55

$2(4x+3y)=8x+6y$

Distributive property: $a(b+c)=ab+ac$

$2(4x+3y)=$

$(2*4x)+(2*3y)=$

$8x+6y$

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