What is 17times51 using the distributive property?

To find 17 times 51 using the distributive property, you can break down 51 into 50 and 1. Therefore, you can calculate it as follows: 17 × 51 = 17 × (50 + 1) = (17 × 50) + (17 × 1). This simplifies to 850 + 17, which equals 867.