How do you simplify $7 (2 x - 8)$ $7(2x-8)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-18T07:33:54

$14 x - 56$ $14x-56$

By realizing the distributive property,

$a (b + c) = a b + a c$ $a(b+c)=ab+ac$ ,

we observe:

$7 (2 x - 8) = 7 (2 x) - 7 (8) = 14 x - 56 .$ $7(2x-8)=7(2x)-7(8)=14x-56.$

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