SOLUTION: Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses in each expression. Then simplify by combining like terms. 7(4W - 3)- 25W

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Question 76236: Use the distributive property to remove the parentheses in each expression. Then simplify by combining like terms.

7(4W - 3)- 25W
Answer by bucky(2189) About Me  (Show Source):
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7(4W - 3)- 25W
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Following the rule for distributive multiplication tells you to multiply the 7 by each
of the terms inside the parentheses. When you do that distributive multiplication the
given polynomial becomes:
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(7*4W) - (7*3) - 25W
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which simplifies to:
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28W - (21) - 25W
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This further simplifies to:
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28W - 21 - 25W
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The two terms that contain W can be combined which results in:
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(28W - 25W) - 21
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3W - 21
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3W - 21 is the simplified form of what you were originally given to simplify.
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Hope this helps you to see how you do distributive multiplication and combine terms
after that to simplify the result.