What is the distributive property of 15+57?

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Answer 1

The distributive property is when there is a common factor between all of the numbers.

Take 15. Its factors are 3 and 5, because 3 * 5 = 15

 

Now for 57:

3 * 19 = 57

 

15 and 57 both have a 3 in common, so we can factor that out:

3(5 + 19)

 

And just to show that they end up with the same end result...:

15 + 57 = 72

3(5 + 19) → 3(24) = 72