How do you find the reverse distributive property of $12a + ab$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-17T14:44:12

$12a + ab = a(12+b)$

The reverse distributive property would seem to be the same as factoring. There is a common factor of $a$ , divide it out of each term.

$12a + ab = a(12+b)$

The distributive property would be to multiply the $a$ across the bracket.

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