Use distributive property to write an equivalent expression
5t+6t+tm
24+12s+12r
t is in each term
t (5+6+m) = t (11+m)
12 is in each term
12(2 + s + r)
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To use the distributive property, we need to apply the multiplication to every term within the parentheses.
For the expression 5t + 6t + tm, there are three terms but no parentheses to distribute. Thus, we cannot apply the distributive property here.
For the expression 24 + 12s + 12r, we notice that there are no common factors among the terms. However, we can still use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression by factoring out a common factor. In this case, the common factor is 12.
So, we can rewrite the expression as:
12(2 + s + r)
By factoring out 12, each term now has a common factor of 12, and we have written an equivalent expression using the distributive property.