Question

Use the distributive property to write the following expression without parentheses.  

-3/5(20x-20y)

Answer 1

`-12x+12y`

Explanation:

We have the following expression:

`-(3)/(5) (20x-20y)`

TO remove the parenthesis, we need to multiply each term within them by each term on the outside of the parenthesis. Then, we can simplify our answer..

`(-(3)/(5) )(20x)-(-(3)/(5) )(20y)\\\\-12x+12y`

Answer 2

-12x+12y

Explanation:

`-(3)/(5)(20x-20y)=\\\\-(3)/(5)(20x)+-(3)/(5)(-20y)=\\\\-12x+12y`

Hope this helps!