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It is given that 2(3+x)=6+2x this is an example of the _____ property?

A) associate
B) commutative
C) distributive
D) identity

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This is the distributive property since the 2 outside of the parenthesis was multiplied throughout the parenthesis.
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The answer to this question is the distributive property because the 2 needed to be multiplied by both numbers in the parenthesis.
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