How could you correctly rewrite the equation 4(5+3)=2 (22-6) using the distributive property?
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Distributive property is taking the number in front of the parentheses and multiplying every term in the parentheses by the number. So in 4(5 +3), Multiply 5 and +3 by 4. 4 * 5 20 4 * 3 12 20+12 32 For the second equation do the same thing. Multiply 22 and -6 by 2. 22 * 2 44 -6 * 2 -12 44 + -12 32 32 = 32