Question

How do you simplify `7(4s – 5) + 9`?

Answer 1

`28s-26`

Explanation:

First multiply the `7` by the terms in the parentheses

→ `28s-35`

Now combine liketerms. (In this case, only add 9 to -35 because there is no other `s` in the problem that can be combined)

→ `28s-26`