How do you multiply $-w+4(w+3)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-29T14:12:18

Use the distributive property and then combine like terms.

The distributive property states that $a(b+c)=a⋅b+a⋅c$ . Let's use this to solve our problem:

$4(w+3)=4*w+4*3=4w+12$

We now have $-w+4w+12$ .

Next, combine like terms to get $3w+12$ .

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