SOLUTION: Apply the distributive property to the following expression, and then simplify the result: 20(-1/5x+1/20y)

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Question 413991: Apply the distributive property to the following expression, and then simplify the result:
20(-1/5x+1/20y)
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Apply the distributive property to the following expression, and then simplify 

20(-1/5x+1/20y) = -4/x + 1/y = (-4y + x)/xy = (x-4y)/xy