Question

Simplify the following expression
1
- (24-16c)
4

Answer 1

-24 + 16c

Explanation:

There are a couple things we need to know here:

1. We need to know how to distribute a negative
2. We need to know that we cannot combine 24 and -16c, because we can only combine like terms (we can only combine terms that don't have a c with other terms that don't have a c).

To help distribute a negative, we can first write the problem like this:

-1 * (24 - 16c)

So all we're doing is multiplying -1 by 24 and by -16c, which will get us:

-24 + 16c, which is the answer.