Question

What is distributive property and list the two common ways of it.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Multiply the term outside of the parentheses by each term in the parentheses. To do this, you are essentially distributing the outer term into the inner terms. ...

Combine like terms. Before you can solve the equation, you will have to combine like terms. ...

Solve the equation.

Answer 2

Answer:

The distributive property tells us how to solve expressions in the form of a(b + c).  The distributive property is sometimes called the distributive law of multiplication and division.

The distributive property of multiplication states that when a number is multiplied by the sum of two numbers, the first number can be distributed to both of those numbers and multiplied by each of them separately, then adding the two products together for the same result as multiplying the first number by the sum.

Let’s look at the distributive property with this example:

According to the distributive property 2 × (3 + 5) will be equal to 2 × 3 + 2 × 5

Let’s check to see if this is true.

WAY 1 :

2 × (3 + 5) = 2 × 8 = 16

WAY 2:

2 × 3 + 2 × 5 = 6 + 10 = 16

In both cases we get the same result, 16, and therefore we can show that the distributive property of multiplication is correct.