How do you simplify $(-4 - 3n) times -8$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-15T15:19:09

= $32+24n$

This would more commonly be written as $-8(-4-3n)$ but as multiplication is commutative, it means the same either way.

Multiply -8 by both terms in the bracket.

= $32+24n " be careful of the signs!"$

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