SOLUTION: 3. Use the distributive property to write the expression without parentheses. Then simplify, if necessary. -(-6m + 7n - 5p)

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Question 877134: 3. Use the distributive property to write the expression without parentheses. Then simplify, if necessary.
-(-6m + 7n - 5p)





Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The negative sign outside tells you to change the sign of EVERY term inside, so,

-(-6m + 7n - 5p) = 6m - 7n + 5p

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