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What is 56+32 distributive property to factor out the greatest common factor.

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Find the prime factors of each term:

56+32=
2*2*2*7 + 2*2*2*2*2 =

Now, factor our as many common numbers as possible:
2*2*2*(7+2*2) =
8*(7+4)
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