Which property was used to simplify the expression? 4 times open paren b plus 2 close paren is equal to 4 b plus 8

Multiply 4 by each term inside the parentheses: 4 × b + 4 × 2 = 4b + 8. This uses the distributive property, which lets multiplication apply to each addend inside parentheses.

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