SOLUTION: I was ask to use distributive property to write the expression without parentheses and then simplify if necessary. My problem is that I'm not sure if I should simplify it to -24n+

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Question 24661: I was ask to use distributive property to write the expression without parentheses and then simplify if necessary. My problem is that I'm not sure if I should simplify it to -24n+ -27 or -51n.
Answer by elima(1433) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can not add them together becuase they are not like terms.
so you can only simplify to;
-24n+-27
=)