Use the distributive property to write the following expression without parentheses.
(Use integers or fractions for any numbers in the expression.)
Step 1 :The given expression is
Step 2 :We can use the distributive property to write the expression without parentheses. The distributive property states that for all real numbers a, b, and c: a * (b + c) = a * b + a * c.
Step 3 :Applying the distributive property to the expression
Step 4 :This gives us
Step 5 :So, the expression
Step 6 :