Question

Use the distributive property to simplify 10 - 5( -3-7m) completely .

Answer 1

Simplify the expression by using the distributive property.

`\begin{gathered} 10-5(-3-7m)=10+(-5)\cdot(-3)+(-5)\cdot(-7m) \\ =10+15+35m \\ =25+35m \end{gathered}`

So answer is 25 + 35m.