Ms. Henderson had 3 packages of pencils with 24 pencils in each package. She bought 7 more packages with 24 pencils in each package. The total number of pencils that Ms. Henderson had is represented by the expression. 3 ( 24 ) + 7 ( 24 ) 3(24)+7(24) Ms. Henderson used the distributive property to calculate the total number of pencils she had. Which statement correctly illustrates the distributive property used for this calculation?