Question

What property is used to get from step 1 : 6(5x-2)=0 to step 2: 5x=2

Answer 1

Explanation:

You can do one of two things when you start this question.

• you can use the distributive property to get rid of the brackets or
• you can do what was done here: divide both sides of the given equation by 6. So the answer is, divide both sides by 6