Which property of operations should be applied first when adding 5(g+2)+3(h−4)

Question

?(1 point)
Responses

associative property
associative property

commutative property
commutative property

distributive property
distributive property

identity property

Answer 1

The first property of operations that should be applied when evaluating the expression \( 5(g+2) + 3(h-4) \) is the distributive property. This property is used to distribute the coefficients (5 and 3) across the terms inside the parentheses.

So, the correct response is: distributive property.