Use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression 8(2w+5)
The distributive property allows us to multiply each term inside the parentheses by the value outside the parentheses. In this case, we need to distribute the value 8 to each term inside the parentheses, which is (2w + 5).
So, the equivalent expression would be:
8 * 2w + 8 * 5
which simplifies to:
16w + 40