Question

Use the distributive property to write an equivalent expression.

3(4x - 8y + 5)

Answer 1

12x - 24y + 15

Explanation:

The distributive property multiplies all of the terms by 3.

So:

3(4x) + 3(-8y) + 3(5) =

12x + (-24y) + 15 =

12x - 24y + 15