Question

What is missing to make this true? 2x^2+4x prove it with the distributive property

Answer 1

Take you the common factors. those are 2 and x. So if you divided 2x^2 by 2x you end with only one x. and if you divided 4x by 2x you end with 2. The final answer should look like 2x(x+2)=2x^2+4x