SOLUTION: how do you use the distributive property on equations -5(2w+1)=25

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Question 686557: how do you use the distributive property on equations
-5(2w+1)=25
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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-10w-5=25
-10w=25+5
-10w=30
w=30/-10
w=-3