Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses. -2(-5x – 4y+1) doing a test !! answer quick!?

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Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses.

-2(-5x – 4y+1)

doing a test !! answer quick!?

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Answer:

10x + 8y - 2

Explanation:

$-2(-5x – 4y+1) \\ \\ = ( - 2)( - 5x) - 2 ( - 4y) - 2 * 1 \\ \\ = 10x + 8y - 2$

Paul Swetz answered Dec 12, 2021

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