Question

Expand to write an equivalent expression

-5(7m-2)

Answer 1

So lets use the distributive property on this problem:

First we multiply-
-5(7m)= -35m
Next we multiply-
-5(-2)=10
Its a positive 10 and not a negative because two negatives equal a positive.
And then we just put it together so our new expression would be
-35m+10