Question

Question 52

Fill in the blanks to make the statement true.

23 $\times$ (-99) = ___ $\times$ (-100 + ___) = 23 $\times$ ___ + 23 $\times$ ___ .

Answer 1

We can write the equation as, 23 $\times$ (-99) = 23 $\times$ (- 100 + 1) = 23 $\times$ (-100) + 23 $\times$ 1
$[\because$ Integers show distributive property of multiplication over addition, i.e. $a\times (b+c)=a\times b+a\times c]$