![\"\"](\"/userfiles/image/steps_images/step1.JPG\")
The expression is ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=2758d7a2b61ce65d8ffbf0a9d841fa9d.png\")
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Simplify the expression.
\![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=ec58a330e85829df23c0c08865646234.png\")
(Distributive property: ![\"\"](\"http://www.mathskey.com/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=0bdc68cec96eb3ed104b029b8fdc0d65.png\")
)
![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=b31d660298b39fd81817638b738c029a.png\")
(Multiply) \ \
![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=76a1e4c2ab31ee9f8709d07269198628.png\")
(Subtitution: ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=6533e31d01a94f2f03055a1305f1fa51.png\")
)
Therefore, the simplified expression is ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=d51d47edd4ae3bf9f07662ddd01d346e.png\")
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![\"\"](\"http://www.mathskey.com/userfiles/image/steps_images/solution.JPG\")
The simplified expression is ![\"\"](\"http://www.mathskey.com/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=d51d47edd4ae3bf9f07662ddd01d346e.png\")
.