Question

Use the GCF and the Distributive property to find the sum.

Answer 1

Notice that both numbers 26 and 29 are divisible by 13:

`\begin{gathered} (26)/(13)=2 \\ (39)/(13)=3 \end{gathered}`

thus, we can write the sum 26 + 39 like this:

`26+39=13(2+3)`