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Use the distrputive property to create and equivelant expression to 40+4x

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Since the distributive property is a(b+c) = ab + ac, If we work backward and factor the expression, it will give us the answer...

40 + 4x (4 is a common factor to both, so)

4 (10 + x) is an equivalent expression.
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