What is the distrubitve property of 39*5=5*x-1

Question

The distributive property of 39*5=5*x-1=5*x-5*1=x-x=x

Answer 1

Not sure that the Distributive Property has anything to do with the equation.

Looks more like multiplication property of equations.

(39)(5) = (5)(x - 1)

39 = x - 1 divide both sides by 5

40 = x add 1 to both sides