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Use the distributive property to evaluate the expression (12-4)(-5)

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The given expression is

(12 - 4)(- 5)

By applying the distributive property, we would multiply each term inside the parentheses by the term outside it. It becomes

- 5 * 12 + (- 5 * - 4)

= - 60 + 20

= - 40

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