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Simplify an equation using the distributive property

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Equation and the work is attached in image provided.

The first thing you want to do is change the - to a + sign and then put a - sign in front of 5. Now you can distribute or multiply the 3 by each of the terms that are in the parentheses.

This can simplify to 6x + -15

Simplify an equation using the distributive property-example-1
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