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Simplify the following distributive property 1.-3(4x-5) 2.4(2x+2) 3.-(6x-2)

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Answer:

1. -12x-15 2. 8x+8 3. -6x+2

Explanation:

Ok so basically you are going to take each outside number and multiply it by both of the numbers inside the parenthesis. This should be pretty easy for the first two. X can stay the same. For example on the second one. 4 times 2x is just 8x.

For the third one you have to multiply the numbers by a negative sign. This just means changing the signs of the two inside numbers. So negative 2 turns positive and positive 6 turns negative.

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