Question

EXPLAIN DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY IN EASY WORDS WITH EXAMPLES. PLEASE.THIS IS REQUIRED IN MY HOMEWORK QUESTIONS...

Answer 1

Answer:

The distributive property of multiplication over addition is applied when you multiply a value by a sum. For example, you want to multiply 5 by the sum of 10 + 3. ... But, according to the property, you can first multiply every addend by 5. This is known as distributing the 5 and then you can add the products

Answer 2

Answer:

Here is the Distributive Property made simple.

When you have a number outside a number or numbers inside parentheses, you multiply whatever is inside the parentheses by the number outside the parentheses.

3( 7 + 5 +4) becomes 3 x7 + 3x5 +3 x 4

0r 21 +15 +12

You multiplied each of the numbers by the 3

If there is a variable, that is distributed also

3y(4 + 6) becomes 12 y +18y