Use the distributive property to fill in the blanks in below

To use the distributive property for the expression \( (4 \times 9) - (4 \times 1) \), we can factor out the 4:

\[ (4 \times 9) - (4 \times 1) = 4 \times (9 - 1) \]

So the expression can be rewritten as:

\[ (4 \times 9) - (4 \times 1) = 4 \times (9 - 1) \]

Thus, the blanks can be filled in as 4.

So the final statement is:

\[ (4 \times 9) - (4 \times 1) = 4 \times (9 - 1) \]