16
∧
4 X 4
∧ ∧
2 X 2 2 X 2
The answer is 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 or 2⁴ This would have worked as well had you broken
down 16 into 8 x 2. You would get the same answer as the 8 would break down into 4 x 2 and the 4 would break down into 2 x 2.
Answer:
The area of the rectangle can be found using two different expressions: a(b + c) or ab + ac. The equality of these expressions, a(b + c) = ab + ac, is the distributive property.
