Do you always have to use the distributive property or can you just divide by the number?

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Do you always have to use the distributive property or can you just divide by the number?

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Answer 1 · 2014-10-25T16:54:37

Whenever an addition or subtraction is present, you have to use the distributive property. When only multiplication or division is involved, you can proceed with division immediately

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