what discribes the distributive propety usuing 12x10

Question

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Answer 1

hmmmm....this question can be asked a lot of ways, but I am thinking that you are looking for something like this

12 = 10 + 2

so 12 x 10 = (10 + 2) x 10 then the distributive property says to "give" the 10 on the outside to both the 10 and the 2 on the inside

so 10 x 10 + 2 x 10 = 100 + 20 = 120