Question

0.5(-12p-4) write an equivalent expression without parentheses and combine terms if possible

Answer 1

Answer:

-6p - 2

Explanations:

The given expression is:

0.5 (-12p - 4)

The expanded expression is gotten by letting 0.5 multiply -12p and -4 one by one.

The expression then becomes:

0.5(-12p) - 0.5(4)

Which further becomes:

-6p - 2