SOLUTION: -5(9x-2)-4 how do you apply the distributive property and then simplify this problem?

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Question 654712: -5(9x-2)-4 how do you apply the distributive property and then simplify this problem?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-5(9x-2)-4

-5(9x)-5(-2)-4

-45x+10-4

-45x+6

So the answer is -45x+6