Question

How do you distribute -2(4x - 10)

Answer 1

The answer is -8x+-20

Explanation:

You never combine a like term unless its distributed, the steps in this case are -2 *4x, giving you -8. Then -2*10, giving you -20.

Answer 2

-2(4x-10)
(-2*4x)(-2*-10)
-8x 2
The way you do this is you multiply the outside number, which is 2 in this case. You will multiply it with the two numbers inside the “( )”. And you will get your answers. The way I did