How do you use the distributive property to simplify $- 6 (x - 5)$ $-6(x-5)$ ?

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How do you use the distributive property to simplify $- 6 (x - 5)$ $-6(x-5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-31T15:02:54

Multiply each term within the parenthesis by the term outside the parenthesis:

$- 6 (x - 5) \Rightarrow (- 6 \times x) + (- 6 \times - 5) \Rightarrow - 6 x + 30$ $color(red)(-6)(x - 5) => (color(red)(-6) xx x) + (color(red)(-6) xx -5) => -6x + 30$

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