use the distributive property to white an equivalent express
-(5x-5)
-5x+5
or,
-5(x-1)
To write an equivalent expression using the distributive property, we need to distribute the negative sign (-) to each term inside the parentheses.
The distributive property states that for any real numbers a, b, and c:
a * (b + c) = (a * b) + (a * c)
In this case, our expression is
-(5x - 5)
To distribute the negative sign to each term inside the parentheses, we can write it as:
-1 * (5x - 5)
Applying the distributive property, we get:
-1 * 5x + (-1) * (-5)
This simplifies to:
-5x + 5
Therefore, the equivalent expression using the distributive property is -5x + 5.