Asked by k.

What property is illustrated by the equation?
x(8x + 3y) = 8x^2 + 3xy

A
Transitive property of equality
B
Reflexive property of equality
C
Symmetric property of equality
D
Distributive property

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
D

This shows the distributive property: multiplying x times the sum (8x + 3y) gives x·8x + x·3y = 8x^2 + 3xy.