[MA5T10 E] Name the property being illustrated.
45(25 - 5) = (45 x 25) - (45 x 5)
A) Commutative Property
B) Associative Property
C) Distributive Property
D) Subtraction Property
The property shown here is the distributive property
You can see that you have multiplied the 45 by both 25 and 5, and subtracting both of those values from each other. Even though it is a different way of writing, the final answer is the same.