(2 x 12) + (3 x 12) = 5 x 12
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The distributive property is a red herring for this question: you do not need it! The distributive property is applicable when you have two binary operations - multiplication and addition, for example. This question has nothing of the sort. Perhaps you meant some other property.
The distributive property does not apply to addition by itself. So, unfortunately, the question does not make sense.
The distributive property of multiplication over addition is x*(y + z) = x*y + x*zIt is used in multiplication through chunking.For example, to calculate 4*56, you can break up the 56 into 50+6.Then4*56 = 4*(50 + 6) = 4*50 + 4*6 = 200 + 24 = 224.
18 x 24 = (18 x 20) + (18 x 4)
6 x 4.3 = 6 x 4 + 6 x 0.3 = 24 + 1.8 = 25.8