Question

What's 16(38) in distributive property

Answer 1

16(38)= 608

the answer is 16*30 + 16*8= 608

Answer 2

The distributive property:

a(b + c) = ab + ac; a(b - c) = ab - ac

16(38) = 16(40 - 2) = (16)(4) - (16)(2) = 640 - 32 = 608

16(38) = 16(30 + 8) = (16)(3) + (16)(8) = 480 + (10 + 6)(8)

= 480 + (10)(8) + (6)(8) = 480 + 80 + 48 = 560 + 48 = 608