Question

Indicate which property is illustrated in Step 5.

Step 1 12x + 12 + 12x + 1 = (12x + 12) + (12x + 1)
Step 2 = 12x + (12 + 12x) + 1
Step 3 = 12x + (12x + 12) + 1
Step 4 = (12x + 12x) + (12 + 1)
Step 5 = (12 + 12)x + (12 + 1)
Step 6 = 24x + 13

distributive
associative
commutative
arithmetic fact

Answer 1

distributive property includes going between a*b + a*c = a(b + c)

Answer 2

distributive is a bit confusing to me

Answer 3

yeah, it is a bit.
I like to think of it as what distributing means,
like if I were to distribute bread I would break it into pieces and give it out
so like if a was bread and b and c were who I gave it out to a(b + c),
distributive property would be I give a bread to b and a bread to c so a*b + a*c

Answer 4

oh wow tht is an amazing way to understand ill keel tht in mind thank u