What property of real numbers allows us to write (e + a)b = eb + ab?
A) closure
B) commutative
C) associative
D) distributive
E) none of the above

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This is the distributive property of real numbers, which states that when multiplying a sum by a number, we can distribute the multiplication to each term in the sum. In this case, we are distributing the multiplication of b to the sum of e and a, resulting in eb + ab.

What Property of Real Numbers Allows Us to Write (E