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7-34.

Copy and simplify the following expressions by combining like terms, making zeros, and using the Distributive Property. Using algebra tiles may be helpful.   

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    Group similar terms together in order to combine like terms.

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    Visualize negative tiles, positive unit tiles, negative unit tiles, and positive tiles. If a negative and a positive tile of the same value make a zero, how many tiles are remaining?

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    Group similar terms together and make zeros.

    Now the fours make a zero.

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    Distribute the on the outside to each of the terms inside the parentheses.

    Simplify.

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