Expand -5(-3 - 11g).
To expand -5(-3 - 11g), you need to distribute the -5 to both terms inside the parentheses:
-5(-3) - 5(-11g)
This simplifies to:
15 + 55g
Do you mean 55g + 15 ?
Apologies for the mistake. You are correct. It should be 55g + 15. Thank you for catching that.
Expand 1/3(q -6) using the distributive property.
To expand 1/3(q - 6) using the distributive property, we need to distribute 1/3 to both terms inside the parentheses:
(1/3)q - (1/3)6
This simplifies to:
q/3 - 6/3
Further simplifying, we can write this as:
q/3 - 2, or (q - 6)/3
Expand 1/3 (q-6) using the distributive property.
-1/3q + 2
-1/3q +6
1/3q - 2
I apologize for the mistake in my previous response. The correct expansion of 1/3(q - 6) using the distributive property is:
1/3q - 2
Expand 2/5 (-5c + 10).
To expand 2/5(-5c + 10) using the distributive property, we distribute 2/5 to both terms inside the parentheses:
(2/5)(-5c) + (2/5)(10)
This simplifies to:
-10/5c + 20/5
Further simplifying, we can reduce the fractions:
-2c + 4