Properties of Equality
Properties of Equality
10 10
=
5 5
2=2
4. Distributive Property
The distributive property of equality simply means that
multiplying a value by the sum of two or more terms will yield the
same results as adding the products of the original quantity and
each term.
Example: 4(x+5) = 4x+20
o To further illustrate, let x=2.
4(2+5) = 4(2)+20
8+20 = 8+20
28 = 28
Therefore, the product of the first term is equal to the
sum of the second term.