How do you simplify $(8 \times b) \times 4$ $(8 times b) times 4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-12T22:37:17

Distribute the 4 to the term inside the parentheses to get $32 b$ $32b$

First, lets rewrite the equation slightly:

$4 \cdot (8 b)$ $4*(8b)$

Expanding this, you could distribute the 4 as such:

$4 \cdot (8 b) = 8 b + 8 b + 8 b + 8 b = 32 b$ $4*(8b)=8b+8b+8b+8b=32b$

OR you could just multiply the numeric coefficients together:

$(4 \cdot 8) b = 32 b$ $(4*8)b=32b$

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