******FAN AND MEDAL*******
Identify which property of real numbers the equation illustrates.
2(x - 8) = 2x - 16
*no choices*

Question

******FAN AND MEDAL*******
Identify which property of real numbers the equation illustrates. 
2(x - 8) = 2x - 16
*no choices*

snuggielad · Answer

wait do you need to see how to work it out or what the properties are?

anonymous · Answer

what the properties are

anonymous · Answer

@dusty can you help?

snuggielad · Answer

thats the distributive property

anonymous · Answer

is the distributive property of.. Multiplacation, addition, subtraction, or division

snuggielad · Answer

...it is the distributive property because...you can distruibute the first number into the parinthisis...for another example
2(x+3) would be the same as or = to 2x+6...you would multiply the variable and the number by the same number that is outside the parinthisis...and it is dhe DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF MULTIPLICATION
please fan me and best both these answers lol

snuggielad · Answer

i studied this so i know it by heart but i want you to see it in writing because its very important you know this! if you dont it will come back to bite you! http://www.aaamath.com/pro74b-propertiesmult.html