Question

Ralph's flower garden has two sections as shown in the picture. Which expression uses the Distributive Property to find the total area of Ralph's flower garden?

Answer 1

12 × (6 + 3 )

note that the area of the figure = 12 × 9 = 108 ( length × width )

and 9 = (6 + 3 ) ← the width

replacing 9 by (6 + 3) area = 12(6 + 3) = 72 + 36 = 108 ( distributing )