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Distribution in math means to multiply each of the terms within the parentheses by another term that is outside the parentheses.

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5(x+2)---> 5*x+5*2-----> 5x+10

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That means that the so-called "distributive property" is used, which relates multiplication and addition:

a(b+c) = ab + ac

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