Question

How to use the distributive property to simplify the expression 8(5x−9) ?

Answer 1

`40x-72`

Explanation:

we have

`8(5x-9)`

Applying the distributive property

taking the outer term and multiplying it by each term inside the parenthesis

so

`8(5x-9)=8*5x-8*9`

`40x-72`