![\"\"](\"/userfiles/image/Library/Distributive_Property1.gif\")
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The equation is ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=7429cd45f3c5bc93b36016e47ee84cab.png\")
.
![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=65d119773420167d47415c32c021c1af.png\")
(Distribute 2)
![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=84f3efe5cb59b9a0360b3740d7fd6646.png\")
(Multiply: ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=78271a497f3121188e17f94cbf71d66d.png\")
)
Apply commutative property of addition: a + b = b + a.
\![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=d69829688e72357c21ecc081c7f7e317.png\")
![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=ff623eb794097a23fc424e839b7a2173.png\")
(Subtract: ![\"\"](\"/test/fckeditor/editor/plugins/fckeditor_wiris/integration/showimage.php?formula=1dfdda200cd800194139300ef30d7898.png\")
)
Since the expressions on each side of the equation are the same,
\this equation is an identity. It is true for all values of v.![\"\"](\"/userfiles/image/steps_images/solution.JPG\")
The solutions are all numbers.