Question

How could you correctly rewrite the equation 4(10+5)=6(12-2) using the distributive property?

Answer 1

4*10+4*5=6*12-6*2

40+20=72-12

60=60

Answer: 60=60

Answer 2

`40 +20 = 72 -12\\\\60 = 60`

Explanation:

If we have an expression in the following way:

`c(a + b)`

So the distributive property says that:

`c(a + b) = ca + cb`

In this case we have the expression:

`4(10 + 5) = 6(12-2)`

Therefore we can rewrite it as:

`4 * 10 + 4 * 5 = 6 * 12 -2 * 6`

Then we have left:

`40 +20 = 72 -12\\\\60 = 60`