How do you simplify $10x^2(x -5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-07T15:11:39

Use distributive property to get $10x^3 - 50x^2$

You will use the distributive property. First multiply $10x^2$ by $x$ , then $10x^2$ by $-5$ .

$10x^2(x) = 10x^3$
$10x^2(-5) = -50x^2$
so......
$10x(x^2 -5) = 10x^3 - 50x^2$

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