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What is the answer to -3(-7n+5)

User Gfly
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Answer:

21n−15

Explanation:

−3(−7n+5)

=(−3)(−7n+5)

=(−3)(−7n)+(−3)(5)

=21n−15

User Steve Lancashire
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First you must distribute the -3 to the values inside the parentheses. What this means is that you must multiply -3 to -7n and to 5:

(-3*-7n) + (-3*5)

21n + (-15)

21n - 15

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