How do you use the distributive property to simplify #7(z - 4)#?
2 Answers
May 12, 2018
Explanation:
#"each term in the bracket is multiplied by "7#
#rArrcolor(red)(7)(z-4)#
#=(color(red)(7)xxz)+(color(red)(7)xx-4)#
#=7z+(-28)=7z-28#
Explanation:
The distributive property is when you take the number outside a set of parentheses and multiply it to all the terms inside the parenthesis.
In this case,
We first multiply
Then we multiply
And our answer should be