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Standard practice

The outside factor belongs to every term inside.

Rewrite 4(x + 7).

The factor outside the parentheses belongs to every term inside. Leaving a term behind changes the value for most numbers.

Problem 1 of 9. Activate, study a model, try guided items, work independently, apply, and reflect.

Use the distributive property to rewrite 4(x + 7). Write the expression without parentheses.

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