Question

Explain how you know whether to add or subtract when you use the distributive property to multiply

Answer 1

You have to do what's in the parentheses first and then either multiply or divide and then add and subtract and that's how you get your answer

Answer 2

The 10 is correctly distributed so that it is used to multiply the 15 and the 6 separately. 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.