Question

which property justifies the statement below x(y-3)=xy-3x

Answer 1

the distributive property

a(b + c ) = ab + ac

Apply this property to the given expression

x(y - 3 ) = xy - 3x

Answer 2

For this case we have that, by definition, the distributive property states that the multiplication of a number by a sum is equal to the sum of the multiplications of that number by each of the addends, that is:

$a (b + c) = ab + ac$

Thus, it is observed that the property applied was the distributive property ,

$x(y-3)=xy-3x$

Answer:

Distributive property