I assume you’re asking how to use the distributive property to rewrite that expression. 10 and 12 both have 2 as a common factor; we can rewrite 10 as 2(5) and 12 as 2(6). Rewriting our whole expression, we have
2(5x) + 2(6)
The distributive property states that, for any three numbers a, b, and c:
a(b + c) = ab + ac
And we can play this property back in reverse on our expression to obtain a new one (our answer):
