Which property is used in the problem?

2(x+4)=2x+8
(1 point)
Responses

The associative property
The associative property

The commutative property
The commutative property

The additive identity property
The additive identity property

The distributive property

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
2 hours ago

The property used in the problem \(2(x+4)=2x+8\) is the **distributive property**.

This property states that \(a(b+c) = ab + ac\). In this case, \(2\) is distributed to both \(x\) and \(4\).