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7.5 Exercise 178

Avg difficulty 2.5

Evaluate using the distributive property.

If n=78,n = \frac{7}{8} , evaluate
ⓐ 8(n+14)8 \left(n + \frac{1}{4}\right) and
ⓑ 8·n+8·148 \cdot n + 8 \cdot \frac{1}{4} to show that 8(n+14)=8·n+8·148 \left(n + \frac{1}{4}\right) = 8 \cdot n + 8 \cdot \frac{1}{4}

OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, 7.5 Systems of Measurement, exercise 178

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