How do you use the distributive property to simplify $-3(s-7)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-19T17:34:35

See explanation.

To simplify such expression you have to multiply $-3$ by all terms in the parenethesis:

$-3*(s-7)=-3*s-7*(-3)=-3s+21$

Answer 2 · 2017-06-19T17:34:46

See a solution process below:

To simplify the expression using the distributive property multiply each term within the parenthesis by the term outside the parenthesis:

$color(red)(-3)(x - 7) => (color(red)(-3) xx x) - (color(red)(-3) xx 7) => -3x - (-21) =>$

$-3x + 21$

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