Question

Use the distributive property to simplify the expression. 8(3 + 4) = 24 +

Answer 1

The answer is 8(3 + 4) = 24 + 32

Answer 2

Using the distributive property is done by multiplying the factor (outside the parentheses) to each term within it. In this case, 8(3 + 4), we multiply the 8 by 3, and then add it to the product of 8 x 4:
8(3 + 4) = 8 x 3 + 8 x 4 = 24 + 32
If we need to simplify further, this adds up to 56.