Question

Expand -5/8 (3p+8)

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Expanding -5/8 (3p+8) involves distributing the fraction -5/8 to both terms inside the parentheses.

First, we distribute -5/8 to 3p:

(-5/8)(3p) = -15p/8

Next, we distribute -5/8 to 8:

(-5/8)(8) = -40/8 = -5

Therefore, expanding -5/8 (3p+8) gives us:

-15p/8 - 5