Explain how using partial quotients to divide is similar to using the distributive property to multiply

The “partial quotients algorithm”is a operation which uses place values of the dividend and allows to build on multiplication facts with numbers. It works with distributive property ,where distributive property to multiply states that multiplying the sum of two numbers by a number gives the exact same conclusion as the first number can be distributed to both of those numbers and multiplied by each of them separately and then added.

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