SOLUTION: Using Distributive property to simplify: 1. -3(5-2b)-4b = 3.5-3.2b-4b 15-6b-4b = 6b+4b 15+10=25b dont understand

Question 224318: Using Distributive property to simplify:
1. -3(5-2b)-4b = 3.5-3.2b-4b
15-6b-4b =
6b+4b
15+10=25b
dont understand
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm not completely sure I understand what the question was but then I see that you used decimal points for multiplication symbols. Also, you forgot to multiply the -3 times the -2b which would give you +6b.

-3(5-2b) - 4b
-15+6b-4b
-15+2b

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