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Simplify the expression:
-6(1.4 - r)=

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you have to distribute the -6 to everything in the parentheses, so -6*1.4 is -8.4 and then -6* -r is 6r and then you’re supposed to add -8.4 to 6r but you can’t because of the variable to the answer is -8.4+6r
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Answer:


6r-8.4

Explanation:


-6(1.4-r)

Use the distibutivve property to multiply -6 by 1.4 - r


-8.4 +6r

Then move over 6r to the front


6r-8.4

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