SOLUTION: how do you figure -(-6m+15)

SOLUTION: how do you figure -(-6m+15)

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Question 332636: how do you figure -(-6m+15)
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The minus sign in front of the parentheses acts like a multiplication by -1.
You can look at it this way:
-(-6m + 15) = (-1) * (-6m + 15)
Now distribute it this way:
= (-1)(-6m) + (-1)(15)
= 6m - 15
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