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2x - 2y = 2(x - y)
Name the property that justifies the given statement.

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Answer:

Distributive property (Reversed)

Explanation:

With the distributive property, it is possible to simplify expressions that consist of an expression term such as (a + b) being multiplied by one singular term such as c given as follows

c ×(a + b) = c·a + c·b

Factoring, which is the reverse use of the distributive property enables the difference or the sum of two products, each having a common factor to be the presented as the difference or the sum of two numbers multiplied by the common factor as follows;

2·x - 2·y = 2·(x - y).

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