How do you simplify $-3/5 (20x-15y)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-25T13:49:07

See the entire simplification process below:

Multiply each term within the parenthesis by $color(red)(-3/5)$ :

$color(red)(-3/5)(20x - 15y)$ becomes:

$(color(red)(-3/5)xx 20x) - (color(red)(-3/5)xx 15y)$

$(color(red)(-3/cancel(5))xx color(red)(cancel(color(black)(20)))4x) - (color(red)(-3/cancel(5))xx color(red)(cancel(color(black)(15)))3y)$

$(-3 xx 4x) - (-3 xx 3y)$

$-12x - (-9y)$

$-12x + 9y$

How do you simplify -3/5 (20x-15y)-3/5 (20x-15y)?