Choose the number sentence that illustrates the distributive property of multiplication over addition.
a.) 3 × (4 + 6) = (3 × 4) + (3 × 6)
b.) 3 × (4 + 6) = (3 + 4) × (3 + 6)
c.) 3 × (4 + 6) = (3 × 4) + 6