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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Use the distributive property to simplify the expression below:12x-10/-2 −6x + 5 12x + 5 −6x − 5 6x + 5

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

What happens when you factor out -2 from 12x-10?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-6 and -5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-6x -5

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

close

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

12x - 10 -2(-6x) -2(5) -2(-6x+5) You can distribute that -2 back through to get 12x - 10 again

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ok thank you

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

yw

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