Example of the distributive property showing how 2 × 8 can be broken into 2 × (2 + 6) and solved as (2 × 2) + (2 × 6), all equaling 16.
Visual explanation of the distributive property using the example 2 × 8 = 2 × (2 + 6) = (2 × 2) + (2 × 6), illustrated with colored dot arrays.
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