Ineed will give and 30 ptsthe following steps were used to simplify the expression 4(3 +1/4 ). 4(3 + 1/4) 4 · 3 + 4 · 1/4 12 + 1 13 which of the following properties were used to simplify this problem? not all steps required using a property. distributive property and multiplicative inverse distributive property and multiplicative identity associative property and commutative property associative property and multiplicative inverse