Distributive Property:
The distributive property is where there is parenthesis with a number outside the parenthesis. The number outside the parenthesis is multiplied by whatever is in the parenthesis. An example of this look like this: 7(y+5). This is where the distributive property comes in. Multiply the 7 by both y and 5. Your answer should look like this: 7y+35. That's the distributive property.
Now for Transposing:
Transposing is easy. This is an example: y-2=8. This is where transposing comes in. Move the 2 and the subtraction sign and turn the subtraction sign into an addition sign. Your answer should look like this: y=8+2... OR y=10.
There you go. Two examples of beginning algebra!
Thank you for the lesson. I had forgotten about Transposing and Distributive property. It will be very useful.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Asher. I couldn't remember the terms... I just know that everyone uses algebra without even thinking about it... even though they don't always believe you when you tell them.
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