Question

Use the distributive property to simplify the expression below:

-5x + 15
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5

Answer 1

-x+3

Answer 2

hi amistre

Answer 3

hello

Answer 4

truthfully even i am fed up with algebra now :)

Answer 5

:) it can get rather repetitive

Answer 6

it has got repetitive to me!
need some good stuff now

Answer 7

use 1/5 as the part to distribute thru the top

Answer 8

or look at it as the distribution of division:

\[\frac{-5x}{5}+\frac{15}{5}\]
and reduce

Answer 9

Like amistre said. Dividing by a number is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal, so rewrite that as
(1/5) (-5x + 15)
Then distribute and simplify the fractions.

Answer 10

how about
\[\frac{-5x+15}{5}=\frac{5(-x+3)}{5}=-x+3\]

Answer 11

lol ... thats the undistributive property

Answer 12

the old "factor an cancel" mantra

Answer 13

Oooh. Gettin' fancy now, Satellite. Unfortunately you failed to follow the directions.

Answer 14

bend then lift ...

Answer 15

but they said "use the distributive property" right?

Answer 16

Well I suppose you could say pulling out the 5 was distributive property.

Answer 17

the distributive law says
\[ab+ac=a(b+c)\] and that is what i used

Answer 18

is -x + 3 also x - 3?

Answer 19

3-x

Answer 20

not unless you squeeze it into |..|

Answer 21

Alright. I give you credit then.

Answer 22

-5+3 = -2

5 - 3 = 2

Answer 23

i only wrote it because i was pretty sure that is what the person who wrote the question had in mind

Answer 24

guys your confusing me... please i dont get the answer

Answer 25

OMG!! guys dont confuse him

Answer 26

\[\frac{-5x + 15}{5} = (-5x + 15)\cdot 5^{-1} = ((-5\cdot5^{-1})x\ + 5^{-1}\cdot15 =-x + 3 \]

Answer 27

the consensus is: -x+3 is the answer

Answer 28

the distributive law says
\[ab+ac=a(b+c)\] your numerator is
\[-5x+15=-x(5)+3(5)=(-x+3)5\]

Answer 29

another way to write the answer? x -3?

Answer 30

now you can cancel the 5

Answer 31

@andras no

Answer 32

3-x is another way to write it if they dont like negatives to come first .. feng shuay stuff

Answer 33

for example if x = 10 then
\[10-3=7\] and
\[3-10=-7\] one is the negative of the other

Answer 34

i thought it was a very simple question :)

Answer 35

\[\frac{-5x + 15}{5} = (-5x + 15)\cdot 5^{-1} =(-5\cdot5^{-1})x\ + 5^{-1}\cdot15 =-x + 3\]

Answer 36

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Answer 37

Remember that division is really multiplying by the multiplicative inverse.

Answer 38

..everybody wang chung tonite ;)

Answer 39

feng shui!
my mother tries to keep things according to it

Answer 40

@amiste you are showing your age
@akshay you used to be able to make money hiring yourself out as a feng shui consultant. i doubt you could these days