SOLUTION: What Property Does This Belong In ? (-2)+5(x-3)-4x(6+1)

Question 760906: What Property Does This Belong In ?
(-2)+5(x-3)-4x(6+1)
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Distributive property:

You can also apply the distributive property to the other expression in parenthesis:
, BUT
that is silly, because you can calculate and then multiply that times .

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