Question

State the property of integer represented by the following mathematical statement

22 x ( 3 - 7 ) = 22 x 3 – 22 x 7

Answer 1

The distributive property

Explanation:

When you have a number on the outside of a set of parenthesis, you can remove the parenthesis by multiplying the term on the outside by each of the terms on the inside. This is known as the distributive property.