Question

What is the property illustrated by the equation (4+15)7=4•7+15•7

Answer 1

Hello! The property illustrated by this equation is the distributive property.

The distributive property is when you have a number being multiplied by a set of parenthesis with numbers inside of it (either being added or subtracted from each other). For example, (a + b) * c. The property states that the number being multiplied can be distributed to all the numbers inside the parenthesis. This would appear as (a + b) * c = ac + bc.

Note: this can only be done when a and b are being added or subtracted.

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Answer 2

The Distributive Property

Explanation:

since the equation has 7 multiplying 4 and 15 added together you can also separate the 2 numbers, multiply then by 7 and then add them together.

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