Question

How do you use the distributive property to rewrite and simplify `(9-p)3`?

Answer 1

See the simplification process below:

Explanation:

Multiply the term outside the parenthesis (`color(red)(3)`) by each term in the parenthesis (`color(blue)(9) - color(blue)(p)`):

`(color(blue)(9) - color(blue)(p))color(red)(3) = (color(red)(3) xx color(blue)(9)) - (color(red)(3) xx color(blue)(p)) = 27 - 3p`