Question

Which property justifies the following statement?

5(72 – 3y) = 352 – 15y
Distributive Property
Transitive Property of Equality
Reflexive Property of Equality
Symmetric Property of Equality

Answer 1

Distributive Property

Explanation:

If the given statement is

5(72 – 3y) = 360– 15y

When we apply the distributive property to the left hand side we get;

`5(72 - 3y) = 5 * 72 - 5 * 3y`

When we simplify we get

`5(72 - 3y) =360- 15y`

Therefore the distributive property justifies the given statement.