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In the distributive property you multiply a sum by multiplying each addend separately and then add the products, for example:

2(3-2)

Imagine that there is a multiplication sign between the 2 and the parenthesis. First you solve the parenthesis and multiply by the number outside of it.

2(1)

=2

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