Question

Rewrite, using the distributive
property.
5(2x – 3y) = [?]* - [ ]y

Answer 1

10x-15y

Explanation:

So, when they say use the distrubutive property, they basically mean turning this:

a(b+c)

Into this:

ab+ac

So in this case, it would be:

5(2x-3y)

And we will turn it into:

10x-15y

ANother way to think about it is we are multiplying 2x by 5, and -3y by 5. So:

2x*5

=

10x

And

-3y*5

=

-15y

Then we can combine these two:

10x-15y

Hope this helps!