It would be 48 because you would replace the M with 8 itself so it would look like 4(8) + 2(8) and basically when it’s in that form multiply the equation with two seperate parts so 4(8) will turn to 32 because 8x4=32 and on the other side it would be 16 so the new equation would be 32+16 which that will equal 48 your welcome