How do you know whether to add or subtract when you use the distributive property to multiply
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The 10 is correctly distributed so that it is used to multiply the 15 and the 6 separately. The distributive properties of addition and subtraction can be used to rewrite expressions for a variety of purposes. When you are multiplying a number by a sum, you can add and then multiply.
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