Question

Use the distributive property to simplify the expression below:
-5x + 15
---------
-5

-x - 3

x + 15

x + 3

x - 3

Answer 1

In other words, you can write this thing as\[\rm{-5x \over -5} + {15 \over -5}\]

Answer 2

\[\rm {-5x \over -5} = x\]and\[{15 \over -5} = -3\]So what do you have?

Answer 3

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