Answer:
To use the distributive property to solve 99 x 3, we can write it as:
99 x 3 = (90 + 9) x 3 (decomposing 99 as 90 + 9)
= 90 x 3 + 9 x 3 (using distributive property)
= 270 + 27
= 297
Therefore, 99 times 3 using the distributive property equals 297.
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