SOLUTION: use the distributive property to rewrite the expression without parenthesis and multiply together any numbers (3y-7)(-2) thank you dave

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Question 7762: use the distributive property to rewrite the expression without parenthesis and multiply together any numbers
(3y-7)(-2)
thank you
dave
Answer by Earlsdon(6103) About Me  (Show Source):
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Application of the distributive property basically means that you multiply each term inside the parentheses by the quantity outside the parentheses, thus:
(3y - 7)(-2) = 3y(-2) - 7(-2) = -6y + 14 or 14 - 3y