Question

Use the distributive property to simplify the expression below:
quantity of negative 5 times x plus 15 all over negative 5

-x - 3

x + 15

x + 3

x - 3

Answer 1

This should be posted in the Mathematics section but here goes:
\[\frac{-5x+15}{-5}\]It says to use the distributive property so break it up so that you can distribute:
\[-\frac{1}{5}(-5x+15)\]Distribute the -1/5 to both terms and simplify to get:
\[x−3\]