How do you use the distributive property to simplify $8 (y - 2)$ $8(y-2)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-16T00:08:21

See the entire simplification process below:

To simplify, multiply each term within the parenthesis by $8$ $color(red)(8)$ :

$(8 \times y) - (8 \times 2)$ $(color(red)(8) xx y) - (color(red)(8) xx 2)$

$8 y - 16$ $8y - 16$

How do you use the distributive property to simplify 8(y−2)8(y-2)?