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Which property is used in the first step to solve this equation?

4 (x minus 6) = 5. 4 x minus 24 = 5. 4 x = 29. x = StartFraction 29 Over 4 EndFraction
addition property of equality
distributive property
division property of equality
commutative property

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Distributive property — 4(x − 6) → 4x − 24 by multiplying 4 times each term inside the parentheses.