Question

Which of the following statements represents the distributive property?

A. 5(x + 2) = 5x + 10

B. 5(x + 2) = 5x + 7

C. 5(x + 2) = 7x + 7

D. 5(x + 2) = x + 10

Answer 1

The answer is A. 5(x + 2) = 5x + 10

Answer 2

A. 5(x + 2) = 5x + 10

Explanation:

The distributive property means take the number outside the parentheses and multiply it to each term inside the parentheses

5(x+2) = 5*x+5*2 = 5x+10