SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem. Must use distributive property to write algebraic expression: 3z-15

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Question 812592: Please help me solve this problem. Must use distributive property to write algebraic expression: 3z-15
Answer by erica65404(394) About Me  (Show Source):
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take 3z-15 and divide it into 2 parts
3z and -15
what can they both be divided by?
they can both be divided by 3
3(z-5)