What is 12•(20+2) in distributive property

Answer 1

This means you multiply what is on the outside the parentheses by everything on the inside:

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12(20 + 2)

12 * 20 + 12 * 2

or

240 + 24

You can see that this equals the same as if you added what's inside the parentheses first:

12 * 22 = 264 = 240 + 24