How can you apply styles to multiple elements with the same class?

Using the class name in CSS to define styles is the correct approach to apply styles to multiple elements that share the same class. When you define a class in CSS, you can specify a set of styles that will automatically be applied to all HTML elements with that class.

For example, if you have several <div> elements with the class "highlight," you can write a CSS rule like this:

.highlight {

background-color: yellow;

font-weight: bold;

}

This rule will ensure that every element that has the class "highlight" will share the same background color and text weight, allowing for consistent styling without the need to repeat the styling for each individual element.

In contrast, other options propose methods that either do not scale efficiently or lead to redundancy. Styling elements individually with unique selectors would require more code and make maintenance harder, and using separate stylesheets for each element is impractical and defeats the purpose of using classes for ease of management and reusability in styling across your web page.