Question

Apply the distributive property to factor out the greatest common factor 16+36

Answer 1

16+36

4(4+9)

or 4*13


so 4

Answer 2

`4(4+9)`

Explanation:

We are asked to apply the distributive property to factor out the greatest common factor
`16+36`.

First of all, we will find greatest common factor of 16 and 36 as:

Factors of 16: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16.

Factors of 36: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36.

We can see that the greatest common factor of 16 and 36 is 4.

We can rewrite our given sum as:

`4\cdot 4+4\cdot 9`

Using distributive property
`a(b+c)=ab+ac`, we will get:

`4(4+9)`

Therefore, our expression would be
`4(4+9)`.