Question

Use the distributive property to simplify the expressions below:
8x-10
_____
-2

-3x-9
_______
-3


1/2(g-8)

Answer 1

do you know the distributive property?

Answer 2

not really

Answer 3

this is the distributive property: \(\large a(b+c)=a\cdot b + a \cdot c \)

Answer 4

so the first problem can actually be written as: \(\large \frac{8x-10}{-2} \Rightarrow -\frac{1}{2}(8x-10) \)
can you use the distributive property on this expression now?

Answer 5

i got it