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How do you know wether to add or subtract when you use the distributive property to multiply

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The distributive properties of addition and subtraction can be used to rewrite expressions for a variety of purposes. When you are multiplying a number by a sum,you can add and then multiply. You can also multiply each addend first and then addthe products.
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