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Which property is used in the eqution below?
12(x+4)=12x+48

User Boug
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The Distributive property would be your answer :)

User Owczar
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Distributive Property is your answer.

In this case, you are distributing 12 to all terms within the parenthesis

12(x + 4) = 12x + 48

12(x) + 12(4) = 12x + 48

12x + 48 = 12x + 48 (True)

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