Question

What is the algebraic property of 4(x+y)=4x+4y

Answer 1

Hey there!

Your answer is: the distributive property.

The distributive property is defined as:

a(b+c) = ab+ac

That's exactly what we're doing here. We're taking that 4 and doing:

4(x) + 4(y) = 4x + 4y

Hope this helps!