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Find using distributivity:

(i) \left \{ \frac{7}{5}\times \left ( \frac{-3}{12} \right ) \right \}+\left \{ \frac{7}{5}\times \frac{5}{12} \right \}                  (ii) \left \{ \frac{9}{16}\times \frac{4}{12} \right \}+\left \{ \frac{9}{16}\times \frac{-3}{9} \right \}

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(i)  Using distributivity,  a(b+c) = ab + ac

           \left \{ \frac{7}{5}\times \left ( \frac{-3}{12} \right ) \right \}+\left \{ \frac{7}{5}\times \frac{5}{12} \right \} = \frac{7}{5}\left ( \frac{-3}{12}+\frac{5}{12} \right )\\\\\\=\frac{7}{5}\times\frac{1}{6} = \frac{7}{30}

 

(ii) Using distributivity of multiplication over addition and subtraction,

      \left \{ \frac{9}{16}\times \frac{4}{12} \right \}+\left \{ \frac{9}{16}\times \frac{-3}{9} \right \} = \frac{9}{16}\left ( \frac{4}{12}-\frac{3}{9} \right )\\\\\\=\frac{9}{16}\times0 = 0

       

          

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