How do you use the distributive property to rewrite and evaluate $(4+5)6$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-12T13:02:59

$(4 + 5)color(red)(6) = (4 xx color(red)(6)) + (5 xx color(red)(6))$

and this equals: $54$

To use the distributive property we multiply each term within the parenthesis by $color(red)(6)$ :

$(4 + 5)color(red)(6) = (4 xx color(red)(6)) + (5 xx color(red)(6)) = 24 + 30 = 54$

How do you use the distributive property to rewrite and evaluate (4+5)6(4+5)6?