Which statement is an example of the distributive proprty? A. 3 (x + 1) = 3x + 3 B. 5 (x + 2) = 5x + 2 C. 4 ( x+2) = x + 8 D. 8 (x+5) = 8 + 5x

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Answered on Mon Sep 26 2022

Here, option (A) is correct.

3 (x + 1) = 3x + 3 is an example of the distributive property.

Distributive property is given by :

a(b+c) = ab + ac

And, here a = 3

b = x

And, c = 1