Question

Use the distributive property to create an equivalent expression to 40+4x

Answer 1

Find the greatest common factor, GCF, which is 4.

4(40/4 + 4x/4)   factor out the GCF 

4(10 + x)      simplify and this is your answer.

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Answer 2

I think 2(2x+20) would work.
there are other ones like: 4(x+10)