SOLUTION: Multiply out and simplify the following: What is 2(-8p-7)+2(4p-8)

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Question 839357: Multiply out and simplify the following:
What is 2(-8p-7)+2(4p-8)
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Hi,

Multiply out and simplify the following:

2(-8p-7)+2(4p-8)    |Applying the Distributive Property

 -16p - 14 + 8p - 16   | Combining Like terms

   -8p - 30

0r -2(4p + 15)