How do you simplify 10(-8+1v)?

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Alan P.
Mar 8, 2017

10(-8+1v)=color(green)(-80+10v)

Explanation:

The general form of the distributive property tells us that
color(white)("XXX")color(blue)a(color(red)b+color(magenta)c)=color(blue)acolor(red)b+color(blue)acolor(magenta)c

So
color(white)("XXX")color(blue)(10)(color(red)(-8)+color(magenta)(1v))=color(blue)(10) * color(red)(""(-8))+color(blue)(10) * color(magenta)(1v)

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