DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY

In Distributive Property, the product of a sum or difference of

a number is equal to the sum or difference of the products.
“Distribute” means to divide something. To the distributive
property, multiplying the sum of two or more numbers by a
number will give the same result as multiplying each number
individually by the number and then adding the products
together.
Distributivity of rational numbers: For all rational numbers a, b
and c,
a(b + c) = ab + ac and a(b – c) = ab – ac

In more expanding form:

For example,