Question

How do you use the distributive property to simplify `(3+y)6`?

Answer 1

Multiply each term within the parenthesis by `color(red)(6)`.

`(3 + y)color(red)(6)` becomes:

`(color(red)(6) xx 3) + (color(red)(6) xx y) = 18 + 6y` or `6y + 18`