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=O REAL NUMBERSDistributive property: Integer coefficientsUse the distributive property to remove the parentheses.+(-5u-+*+4)INOPX 5 ?

=O REAL NUMBERSDistributive property: Integer coefficientsUse the distributive property-example-1
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The given expression is:


-(-5u-x+4)

Using the distributive property of multiplication over addition, we have


\begin{gathered} -(-5u-x+4)=-(-5u)-(-x)-(+4) \\ =+5u+x-4=5u+x-4 \end{gathered}

Therefore, removing the paranthesis gives:

5u + x - 4

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