Apply the distributive property to the expression 24x + 18y.
To apply the distributive property to the expression 24x + 18y, we need to distribute the common factors (24 and 18) to both terms in the expression.
24x + 18y can be written as (8 * 3x) + (6 * 3y).
Using the distributive property, this becomes:
(8 * 3x) + (6 * 3y) = 24x + 18y.