I need help with this one too, same thing. Rewrite without parerntheses, then simplify if possible.
-4(4+2p+5)+16
You do it, I will stay around for awhile and check you.
-16-8p-20 +16
take -4 times 4 which equals -16
take -4 times 2p which equals 8p
take 5 times -4 which equals -20
then add 16 to the end.
simplify by adding -16, -20 and 16.
you get -8p - 20 (the -16 and +16 cancel each other out)
okay thanks.
-4(4+2p+5)+16
-16-8p-20+16
-16-8p-4
-12-8p
Okay so you totally owned me, great job checking.
Go order of operations!!!
no. The last step is wrong
-16-4 is -20
oops.
sorry, WVSU
To rewrite the expression without parentheses, you need to apply the distributive property. The distributive property states that when you multiply a number by a sum inside parentheses, you need to distribute the multiplication to each term inside the parentheses.
Let's go step by step:
-4(4 + 2p + 5) + 16
First, distribute -4 to each term inside the parentheses:
-4 * 4 + -4 * 2p + -4 * 5 + 16
Simplify each multiplication:
-16 + (-8p) + (-20) + 16
Combine like terms:
-16 + 16 + (-8p) + (-20)
Simplify further:
0 - 8p - 20
Finally, combine like terms to get the simplified expression:
-8p - 20