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Expressions and Equations: Expanding and Factoring Expressions
Expanding Expressions
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Introduction
Expanding an algebraic expression means applying the distributive property to remove parentheses and rewrite the expression as a sum or difference of terms. This is esse...
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Imagine you are buying packs of art supplies for a class. You grab 6 identical packs. Each pack has an unknown number of pencils, represented by the variable x, and 2 markers. Now you’re wondering—how many items do you have altogether?
The number of items in each pack can be represented by x plus 2. So, for 6 packs, the total is 6 times t...
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