How do you expand $6(3y-5)$ ?

Question

2596 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License

Answer 1 · 2018-03-28T18:01:46

$18y-30$

To expand the term, distribute 6 to the terms in the bracket

$6(3y-5)$ = $18y-30$

Answer 2 · 2018-03-28T18:07:24

Multiply with each factor in the parenthesis.

$6(3y-5)=6*3y-5=18y-5$
Remember: $c(a+b)=c*a+c*b$ this is called Distributive property.
For more: click here (see meaning, Examples- real numbers)

How do you expand 6(3y-5)6(3y-5)?