Answer
Distributive
Work Step by Step
The distributive property is used to remove parentheses from an expression. Parentheses represent multiplication- you have to multiply whatever is directly outside the parentheses by everything inside the parentheses.
2x+3x = (2+3)x because the x is distributed to -or multiplied by- both the 2 and the 3, and it can be removed from both terms because it is a common factor between them.
