Question

Simplify: -3(4x - 5)

12x -15
12x + 15
-12x + 15

Simplify: -5x + 8 - 11x - 12
-16x - 4
16x + 4
16x - 4

2(4x - 8) - 10
8x + 26
8x - 26
-8x - 26

Answer 1

`8x - 26 \\ -16x - 4 \\ -12x + 15`

Explanation:

2(4x - 8) - 10

8x - 16 - 10

|_______|

8x - 26

-5x + 8 - 11x - 12

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-16x - 4

-3(4x - 5)

-12x + 15

For the third and first exercises, you just use the Distributive Property, and for the second exercise, all you are doing is combining like-terms.

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