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Randy wants to use the distributive property to rewrite 56-12 which expression can be used

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Consider the given expression,


56-21

The expression can be transformed as,


(7*8)-(7*3)

Since 7 is a common factor, take it as common,


7(8-3)

Thus, the expression is obtained that,


56-21=7(8-3)

Therefore, option (B) is the correct choice.

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