How do you multiply $2 (x - 4)$ $2(x - 4)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-25T15:52:15

Use the distributive property to get
$2 x - 8$ $2x-8$

Using the distributive property, the 2 will multiply against each term in the brackets. We then add up the results:

$2 \cdot x = 2 x$ $2*x=2x$
$2 x - 4 = - 8$ $2x-4=-8$

So we get

$2 x - 8$ $2x-8$

How do you multiply 2(x−4)2(x - 4) ?