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

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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.

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