Question

Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses.
-2 (-6v + 3y - 5)

Answer 1

• 12v - 6y + 10

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According to the distributive property:

• multiplying the sum of two or more addends by a number produces the same result as when each addend is multiplied individually by the number and the products are added together.

Apply the distributive property:

• -2 (-6v + 3y - 5) =
• (-2)(-6v) - 2(3y) - 2(-5) =
• 12v - 6y + 10