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notice that 2 is a factor of each term. So, factor it out.
2(x+y)
2x+2y
2(x+y)
In the expression 2x + 2y, the common factor is 2. Therefore, we can rewrite the expression as:
2(x + y)
This is the sum written as a product using the distributive property.