How do you use the distributive property to simplify $(r + 3)(-5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-30T04:57:00

$-5r - 15$

$(r+3)(-5)$

To simplify this, let's use the distributive property:
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Following this image, we know that:
$color(blue)((r+3)(-5) = (r * -5) + (3 * -5) = -5r - 15)$

Hope this helps!

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