SOLUTION: How do you Expand and simplify 5(m-8)-4(m-7)?

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Question 67584This question is from textbook IGCSE Mathematics
: How do you Expand and simplify 5(m-8)-4(m-7)?
This question is from textbook IGCSE Mathematics

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5(m-8)-4(m-7)
5m-40-4m+28[Begin with the distibutive property]
5m-4m-40+28 [Combine like-terms]
m-12