Question

1. Use the distributive property to write an expression that is equivalent to 12+4x.

Answer 1

Since 4 and 12 share a common factor of 4, you could write:

4x + 12 = 4 (x + 3)

Also, since 4 and 12 share a common factor of 2, you could write:
4x + 12 = 2 ( 2x + 6)