Question

Use the distributive property to multiply 5(b+8)

a.5b+40
b.5b+8
c.5b+13
d.8b+40

Answer 1

The answer is 5b+40

5+b=5b
5×8=40

=5b+40

Answer 2

Is a. 5b+40

Explanation:

The distributive property explains that the multiplication of a number by a sum is equal to the multiplication of the number by each of the addends. So in this case we can multiply the number 5 by each one of the addends, this is:

`5*(b+8)=5*b+5*8=5b+40`

From the above the answer is a. 5b+40