Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses in the following expression. Then simplify your result if possible. 10(P+5)
10P + 15
To remove the parentheses using the distributive property, you need to distribute the factor outside the parentheses to each term inside the parentheses.
In this case, the factor outside the parentheses is 10, and the terms inside the parentheses are P and 5.
To distribute 10 to (P+5), you multiply 10 by each term inside the parentheses separately:
10 * P = 10P
10 * 5 = 50
Now you can rewrite the expression without the parentheses as:
10P + 50
This is the simplified result after applying the distributive property.