Question

which property of real numbers is shown?
$-6(4x + 5) = -24x - 30$
options:
commutative property of multiplication
inverse property of addition
distributive property
associative property of addition

Explanation:

The equation shows a factor outside parentheses being multiplied by each term inside the parentheses, which matches the definition of the distributive property (where $a(b+c)=ab+ac$).

Answer:

distributive property