document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=497515>Question 497515</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you do this problem?  -(7t-4s+3) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #337647 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Flannery><B>Flannery(124)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Flannery><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Flannery><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=337647\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The minus sign in front of the parentheses is really a negative one.  Multiply each term inside the parentheses by -1 (use the distributave property).  All it will do in the case of multiplying by -1 is change the sign in front of each term. Hence -7t+4s-3 is the answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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