Question

How do you simplify `10x^2(x -5)`?

Answer 1

Use distributive property to get `10x^3 - 50x^2`

Explanation:

You will use the distributive property. First multiply `10x^2` by `x`, then `10x^2` by `-5`.

`10x^2(x) = 10x^3`
`10x^2(-5) = -50x^2`
so......
`10x(x^2 -5) = 10x^3 - 50x^2`