Question

12a + 12b + 12c + 12d

Michael writes the expression shown here as 12(a + b + c + d). He is correctly using the ___________ property.

A) associative
B) commutative
C) distributive
D) symmetric

Answer 1

C. Distributive.

Explanation:

This is the distributive property.

We take the common factor out and the a b c and d go into the parentheses.

Another example is:

3x + 12 = 3(x + 4).

Answer 2

C) he is using the distributive property