How do you multiply $4 a (5 a - 2)$ $4a(5a - 2)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-16T00:04:50

$4 a (5 a - 2) = 20 a^{2} - 8 a$ $4a(5a-2)=20a^2-8a$

To solve this we use the distributive property, and it goes like this:
$a (b + c) = a b + a c$ $a(b+c) = ab + ac$

Now by applying this knowledge, we can solve this problem:
$4 a (5 a - 2) = 20 a^{2} - 8 a$ $4a(5a-2)=20a^2-8a$

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