13. Distributive Property
3(x - 1) = 3x - ?

The distributive property is a very important property used in algebra.

It states that when we have the statement a(b + c), we can "distribute" the

a by multiplying a times both terms that are inside the parenthses.

So that would give us a(b) + b(c) or ab + bc.

The same process is done here.

Distribute the 3 through both terms to get 3(x) - 3(1) or 3x - 3.

the dimensions are:

step-by-step explanation:

we want to find the dimensions of a rectangular box with volume of

we factor to obtain;

we rewrite the rightmost factor to obtain;

recall that:

we apply difference of two squares formula to obtain;

hence the dimensions are