Use the distributive property to simplify the expression.?

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-7r(8+3r)

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-21T23:26:11

#-21r^2-56r#

You would basically multiply #-7r# with both #8# and #3r#:

#-7r(8) + -7r(3r)=#

#-21r^2-56r#

Answer 2 · 2018-07-24T03:33:32

#-21r^2-56r#

We need to "distribute" the #-7r# to both terms in the parenthesis. This is done with multiplication.

We can essentially rewrite this expression as

#-7r(8)-7r(3r)#

Notice, we have "distributed" the #-7r#. We now multiply to get

#-21r^2-56r#

Hope this helps!