Use the Distributive Property to combine like terms and simplify the expression.
-5(c+d)+7c-2d
2c-7d
2c-d
-12c+7d
-5cd
-5(c+d)+7c-2d simplifies to -5c - 5d + 7c - 2d.
Combining like terms, we get:
-5c + 7c - 5d - 2d.
This further simplifies to:
2c - 7d.