How do you use the distributive property to simplify $- \frac{6z - 2}{3}$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-01-05T14:12:29

The distributive property says you can split the fraction like this:
$-(6z-2)/3 = -((6z)/3-2/3)$

When you simplify it some more you get:
$-((6z)/3-2/3) = -(6z)/3+2/3 = -6/3*z+2/3=-2z+2/3$

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