SOLUTION: what is -5(b+c)

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Question 500492: what is -5(b+c)
Answer by Flannery(124) About Me  (Show Source):
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The parentheses mean to multiply -5 by each term inside the perentheses.
-5b-5c
It's -5c because a positive times a negative is a negative.