Concept explainers
To Reason: The steps of given calculation.
Answer to Problem 32E
(a) Subtraction of a number is equivalent to addition of its negative.
(b) Grouping the like terms.
(c) Distributive property
(d) Commutative property of multiplication.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The following steps of calculation;
In step (a), subtraction of
In step (b), The like terms
In step (c), The distributive property is used to write
In step (d), The term of
Chapter 2 Solutions
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
Additional Math Textbook Solutions
Intermediate Algebra (7th Edition)
Graphical Approach To College Algebra
A Graphical Approach to College Algebra (6th Edition)
College Algebra with Modeling & Visualization (5th Edition)
Introductory and Intermediate Algebra for College Students (5th Edition)
- Algebra and Trigonometry (6th Edition)AlgebraISBN:9780134463216Author:Robert F. BlitzerPublisher:PEARSONContemporary Abstract AlgebraAlgebraISBN:9781305657960Author:Joseph GallianPublisher:Cengage LearningLinear Algebra: A Modern IntroductionAlgebraISBN:9781285463247Author:David PoolePublisher:Cengage Learning
- Algebra And Trigonometry (11th Edition)AlgebraISBN:9780135163078Author:Michael SullivanPublisher:PEARSONIntroduction to Linear Algebra, Fifth EditionAlgebraISBN:9780980232776Author:Gilbert StrangPublisher:Wellesley-Cambridge PressCollege Algebra (Collegiate Math)AlgebraISBN:9780077836344Author:Julie Miller, Donna GerkenPublisher:McGraw-Hill Education