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Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses.
-5(5v-4x-1)

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= -5*5v -5*-4x -5*-1

= - 25v + 20x + 5
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-5(5v-4x-1)

You need to multiply all the variables in the parentheses by -5.
(-5*5v) - (-5*4x) - (-5*1)

-25x + 20x + 5
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