Name the property of real numbers illustrated by the equation. -4(x + 3) = -4x - 12 associative property of multiplication distributive property commutative property of addition associative property of addition

Hello there.

The answer to this question is the Distributive Property.
Remember that "distributing" means to share out. In this case, we are distributing -4 into each term within the parenthesis. Let's further evaluate on that;
-4(x+ 3);
-4(x) + -4(3);
-4x - 12.

As we can see, we multiplied -4 by each term within the parenthesis (as we did not have any sign between our number and the parenthesis, which concludes we need to multiply that term).

I hope this helps! :)