Question

How do you use the distributive property to rewrite and evaluate `(9-4)19`?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

Using the distributive property we can multiply each term within the parenthesis by the term outside the parenthesis:

`(9 - 4)color(red)(19) => (9 xx color(red)(19)) - (4 xx color(red)(19))`

To evaluate, perform both multiplication operations and then subtract the results:

`(9 xx color(red)(19)) - (4 xx color(red)(19)) => 171 - 76 => 95`