Question

How do you use the distributive property to rewrite and evaluate `2(6+10)`?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

The left distributive property of multiplication over addition tells us that for any `a`, `b` and `c`:

`a(b+c) = ab+ac`

There is also a right distributive property:

`(a+b)c = ac+bc`

In our example, we can use the left distributive property with `a=2`, `b=6` and `c=10` as follows:

`2(6+10) = (2*6) + (2*10) = 12+20 = 32`