Simplify -4x(-5+4x)-2x?

2 Answers
May 18, 2016

-4x(-5+4x)-2x=20x-8x^2ko

Explanation:

-4x(-5+4x)-2x

= (-4x)(-5)+(-4x)(4x)-2x

= 20x+(-16x^2)-2x

= 20x-16x^2-2x

= 18x-16x^2

May 18, 2016

-4x(-5+4x)-2x=color(blue)(-16x^2-18x)

Explanation:

-4x(-5+4x)-2x

The expression inside the parentheses cannot be simplified further and there are no exponents.

Multiply -4x times the expression inside the parentheses.

-4x(-5+4x)-2x=

20x-16x^2-2x

Rewrite the expression in standard form.

-16x^2+20x-2x

Simplify.

-16x^2+18x