According to the Distributive Property, which is a way to rewrite the algebraic expression (3x -1)(x-4)

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To rewrite the algebraic expression (3x -1)(x-4) using the Distributive Property, we distribute each term of the first expression (3x - 1) to each term of the second expression (x - 4):

(3x - 1)(x - 4) = 3x(x) + 3x(-4) - 1(x) - 1(-4)

This simplifies to:

= 3x^2 - 12x - x + 4

= 3x^2 - 13x + 4