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Simplify Using Distributive Property
-6(2a + 8)

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Answer:

-12a - 48

Explanation:

you do -6 times 2a which is -12a then you do -6 times 8 which gives you -48 so you put -12a - 48

since the 48 is a negative we would just put a minus sign instead a plus. If it was a positive 48 we would put a plus sign buts its not so we put a negative.

User Aeolun
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\huge\boxed{\mathcal{HELLO!}}

The distributive property states that

a(b+c)=ab+ac (we multiply a by everything inside the parentheses)

-6(2a+8)

-12a-48


\huge\boxed{Answer:-12a-48}

Hope it helps!


\bold{Enjoy~your~day!}

User Nithyanandhan M
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