SOLUTION: I need help with distributive property! Please help me! I'm on a deadline here and the problem is (r+9)(-4) Can you show me how to use the distributive property to solve this probl

SOLUTION: I need help with distributive property! Please help me! I'm on a deadline here and the problem is (r+9)(-4) Can you show me how to use the distributive property to solve this probl

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Question 382452: I need help with distributive property! Please help me! I'm on a deadline here and the problem is (r+9)(-4) Can you show me how to use the distributive property to solve this problem? PLEASE!
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(r+9)(-4) can be written as -4(r+9)

Now distribute to get -4r-4(9) and then multiply to get -4r-36

So
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