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Use the distributive property to expand -6(3x-7)

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To expand this equation, simply multiply what’s outside of the parenthesis to what’s in.

-6 times 3x is now -18x

-6 times -7 is now 42
(Watch our for the subtracting sign, if it has a minus in front of it, include that!)

Put those two together and you get -18x+42!
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