Question

Find a difference equivalent to the product shown.

5(x-y)
answers (one is right.)
5x-5y
5x-y
x-5y
-5x-5y

Answer 1

5x-y.

Explanation:

so its 5 times x, minus 7. easy. 5x,-y. rephrase it. hhen a variable is next to a number, it means multiply.

Answer 2

5x-5y

Explanation:

You are using the distributive property

You can also think of it as multiplying 5 by x and 5 by y and then subtracting it just as it is subtracting in the original equation