How do you simplify 25(3t4)?

1 Answer
Nov 19, 2015

2215t

Explanation:

the 5 multiplies everything inside the brackets so you have:

2(5×3t5×4)

2(15t20)

But that is not the end of it! You have a minus in front of the bracket.
This is the same as multiplying everything inside the brackets by (-1).

By the way, another way of looking at ' plus ' is as 'put with'; and at subtract as 'remove from':

Now we have :

21(15t20)

Just think about the 1(15t20) on its own for now

We have:

(1×15t)(1×20)

(15t)(20)

Negative times negative give you a positive so we have
15t+20

so 2(15t20) becomes ×215t+20

regrouping gives

15t+2+20

15t+22 which is the same as 2215t