SOLUTION: use the distributive property to rewrite the expression without parenthesis. -2(8w-7x-5)

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Question 83794: use the distributive property to rewrite the expression without parenthesis.
-2(8w-7x-5)
Answer by lekelly(20) About Me  (Show Source):
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The distributive property means multiplying each term in the paranthesis by the -2 outside of the paranthesis.
-2(8w-7x-5)
(-2*8w)+(-2*-7x)-5
therefore:
-16w+14x-5 is the answer.