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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Use the distributive property to simplify: 5(3x-2) A.) 15x-10 B.)8x+3 C.)15x-2 D.)-30x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A

OpenStudy (johnweldon1993):

And the reasoning behind that... Distribute...means to apply to each term..... see how 5 is being multiplied to the parenthesis...so you apply 5 and multiplication to each term inside those parenthesis 5 times 3x = ...? 5 times -2 = ...? That is how you have 15x - 10

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