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

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-14T23:20:54

See the entire simplification process below:

To simplify using the distributive property multiply each term within the parenthesis by $color(red)(6)$ :

$(r - 5)color(red)(6)$ becomes:

$(color(red)(6) xx r) - (color(red)(6) xx 5) ->$

$6r - 30$

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