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Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses,
-8(-5w-2y+6)
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User Oasten
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Answer:

40x + 16y -48

Explanation:

we need to distribute -8 so we can get rid of the parentheses

-8(-5w-2y+6)

by distributing, we're just multiplying each term inside the parentheses by -8

(-8)(-5x) + (-8)(-2y) + (-8)(6)

40x + 16y -48

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