Question

How to use the distributive property to eliminate the parentheses?

-13(x squared-2x+4)=

Answer 1

\[-13(x^2-2x+4)=-13\times x^2-13\times (-2x)+(-13)\times4\]is a start

Answer 2

The distribute property, in one of the directions, says that a ( b + c ) = a * b + a * c. The distributive property holds on the field of real numbers, which is where your numbers are.

Answer 3

a, b, c above are any real numbers.

Answer 4

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