What is the distibutive property to multiply using this equation?
12(u+v)
Here is an example:
a(b + c) = ab + ac
The distributive property states that when you have a number or variable being multiplied by a sum or difference in parentheses, you distribute the multiplication to each term inside the parentheses.
To apply the distributive property to the equation 12(u + v), you need to multiply each term inside the parentheses by 12:
12(u + v) = 12 * u + 12 * v
Simplifying further:
12u + 12v
So, the distributive property allows us to multiply each term inside the parentheses by the number outside the parentheses.