When you see equations in the form of a(x+b) =c, you can remove the bracket and rewrite the equations into ax+ab =c using the distributive property. In this video, you will see how to make use of this property to help solve linear equations. [1:27]

Concepts

distributive property

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Additional Tags

distributive law of division, distributive law of multiplication, solving linear equations using division, solving linear equations using multiplication, two step linear equations, multistep equations

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

8.EE.C.7.a 8.EE.C.7.b HSN-CN.A.2