Question

How do you use the distributive property to write the expression without parentheses: 6(a-2)?

Answer 1

`6a - 12`

Explanation:

Given: `6(a-2)`

Distributive property for a constant in front is `k (a + b) = ka + kb`

`6(a-2) = 6a - 6 *2 = 6a - 12`