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8*37 = 8*(30+7) = 8*30 + 8*7 [that is using the distributive property] = 240 + 56 = 296
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.
9*8 = 72. You do not need the distributive property for such a basic multiplication.
The DISTRIBUTIVE property is a property of multiplication over addition (or subtraction). In symbolic terms, it states that a * (b + c) = a * b + a * c