Problem

Use the distributive property to fill in the blanks below.
\[
7 \times(3+8)=(7 \times \square)+(7 \times \square)
\]

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\(\boxed{7 \times(3+8)=(7 \times 3)+(7 \times 8)}\) is the final answer.

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Step 1 :Given the equation \(7 \times(3+8)=(7 \times \square)+(7 \times \square)\), we need to fill in the blanks using the distributive property.

Step 2 :The distributive property states that the product of a number and the sum of two or more numbers is equal to the sum of the products of the number and each addend.

Step 3 :In this case, the number is 7 and the addends are 3 and 8.

Step 4 :Therefore, the blanks should be filled with 3 and 8 respectively.

Step 5 :Substituting these values into the equation, we get \(7 \times(3+8)=(7 \times 3)+(7 \times 8)\).

Step 6 :\(\boxed{7 \times(3+8)=(7 \times 3)+(7 \times 8)}\) is the final answer.

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