Question

Which property was used to simplify the expression?

O distributive property
O commutative property
O associative property
O inverse property
4(b+2)=4b+8

Answer 1

The expression is

• 4(b+2)=4b+8

See

• 4(b)+4(2)
• 4b+8

Its distributive property which states that

• a(b+c)=ab+ac

Option A