SOLUTION: Please help simplify this expression and justify each step: 5(8t)+ 4(9 - t)- 37 I am working with the Distributive Property.

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Question 502948: Please help simplify this expression and justify each step: 5(8t)+ 4(9 - t)- 37
I am working with the Distributive Property.
Answer by Maths68(1474) About Me  (Show Source):
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=5(8t)+ 4(9 - t)- 37
=40t+ 36 - 4t- 37
=36t-1