Question

Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses.
10(u-2)

Answer 1

After using distributive property to remove the parentheses
`10(u-2)` we get
`10u-20`

Explanation:

We need to use distributive property to remove the parentheses 10(u-2)

According to distributive property of multiplication over subtraction:
`a(b-c)=ab-ac`

Using the above distributive property to solve the question. Multiply 10 with terms inside the bracket and solving:

`10(u-2)\\=10u-10*2\\=10u-20`

So, After using distributive property to remove the parentheses
`10(u-2)` we get
`10u-20`