What is the distributive property of 48 + 72?

Answer:12(4+6)Explanation:To write a problem using the distributive property, we must find a factor they have in common.48 and 72 are both divisible by 12; this means that we can "pull out" 12.  This will be what we multiply by in the distributive property.48/12 = 4 and 72/12 = 6; this means this is what goes inside parentheses.  This gives us12(4+6)