How do you simplify -3h - 10( -19h - 8)3h10(19h8)?

1 Answer
Sep 16, 2015

187h+80187h+80

Explanation:

-3h-10*(-19h-8)3h10(19h8)

=-3h-(-190h-80)color(white)("XX")" (Distributive Law)"=3h(190h80)XX (Distributive Law)
=-3h+190h+80color(white)("XXXXX")" (since "(-1)*(-1)=+1")"=3h+190h+80XXXXX (since (1)(1)=+1)
=187h+80=187h+80