Explain how to use the distributive property to solve 48 divided by 3

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Step-by-step explanation:

The distributive property for division simply means that you can split the quantity of the given number into smaller chunks that are easier to divide.

Here in this case, we are to divide 48 by 3 so we will split 48 into numbers that are easily divisible by 3:

48 ---> 30 + 18

30 and 18 can be further be split into ---> (15 + 15) + (15 + 3)

Dividing these numbers by 3 to get:

the first one, all those points on the line just make a strait line.

i think the length is 12 and the width is 17