Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321955048
ISBN 13: 978-0-32195-504-3

Chapter 3 - Section 3.3 - Solving Linear Equations in One Variable - Vocabulary, Readiness & Video Check - Page 188: 8

Answer

a) Remove the parentheses b) Distributive property

Work Step by Step

The first step when solving an equation with parentheses is to remove the brackets. We use the distributive property to do this.
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