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Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses.

(5-y+4u)(-2)

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-10+2y-8u that would be
User Bienvenida
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Using the distributive property, each term in the first set of parentheses will be multiplied by -2.

-2*5=-10

-2*-y=2y

-2*4u=-8u


The new expression is: -10+2y-8u.


Hope this helps!

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