Question

How do you solve 3(h-5)

Answer 1

you only solve equations. equations have equal signs ( a = ) in them

3(h-5) is "an expression"

you don't solve them, but you can re-write them into a different form

for example, 3(h-5) means 3 times (h-5)
so you could write it as (h-5) + (h-5) + (h-5) (though nobody does this... it's too long)
or you could say, I have three h's and three (-5)'s so I have 3h + 3*-5 or 3h - 15

writing
3(h-5) = 3h - 15 is called "distributing the 3"