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How do you simplify $- 5 (7 z - 2)$ $-5(7z-2)$ ?

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Apr 25, 2016

You use the distributive property to break up the brackets:

Explanation:

$= [(- 5) (7 z)] + [(- 5) (- 2)]$ $=[(-5)(7z)]+[(-5)(-2)]$

$= - 37 z + 10$ $=-37z+10$

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