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-There is a distributive property for multiplication with respect to addition: a(b + c)= ab + ac. Is there a distributive property for division with respect to subtraction? If so, state the property.

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There is no direct distributive property for division over subtraction that would allow an expression like $a \div (b - c)$ to be simplified into a form like $a \div b - a \div c$ in a general sense, as division does not distribute over subtraction in the same way multiplication distributes over addition.

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