Dvds are for $24 each, felipe write the expression 4 times 24 to find the costin dollars of buying 4 dvds, how can i rewrite felipe expression using the distributive property

The distributive property states that:

a (b+c) = ab+bc.

or more generally: a (b+c+d) = ab+av+ad.

This is a very useful tool to perform multiplication.

For example, if we want to multiply 7 by 234, we can proceed as follows:

7*234=7 (200+30+4) = 7*200+7*30+7*4=1400+210+28=1610+28=1638

back to our problem,

4 * 24 = 4 (20+4) = 4*20+4*4=80+16=96 ($)

So, instead of multiplying 4 by 24, we multiplied 4 by 20 and 4, which is easier, and then added these together.

Answer:

4 * 24 = 4 (20+4) [=4*20+4*4=80+16=96 ($) ]