Question

Which property would you use to simplify the following expression ? 3(y + 4)

Answer 1

Distributive property

Explanation:

3(y + 4) ← multiply each term in the parenthesis by 3

= 3y + 12

Answer 2

Distributive property

Explanation:

You would use the distributive property to simplify this. The simplified expression is 3y+12