Mei is playing a game with numbers she decided to rewrite the number 78 using the distributive property. Which answer is a correct way to rewrite 78 using the distributive property of multiplication over addition
To rewrite 78 using the distributive property of multiplication over addition, we need to express it as the sum of two numbers being multiplied together.
Here is one correct way to rewrite 78 using the distributive property:
78 = 10 * 7 + 10 * 8
This can be simplified further:
78 = 70 + 80
78 = 150