Question

which property is shown by -3*(6+5) = -3 * 6 +-3 * 5?

Answer 1

Which one do you think it is?
I'll give you four options:

a) commutative property.
b) associative property.
c) distributive property.
d) Reflexive property.

Answer 2

b?

Answer 3

That's incorrect.
Associative property says that if we have two terms associated, it is the same as shifting the assiated term to another:
\[a+(b+c)=(a+b)+c\]

Answer 4

oh...then would it be c?

Answer 5

That is correct.

Answer 6

alright thank you :)

Answer 7

Here's one way to think of it: Think of a warehouse that has a lot of items inside it. When you move those items to the customers, you are distributing those goods. Each customer gets what they need

so think of the outer term `-3` as the product and the terms inside the parenthesis as the customers. The -3 gets multiplied, ie distributed, to each term inside