Simplify the expression. First use the distributive property to remove any parentheses.EXA...

Simplify the expression. First use the distributive property to remove any parentheses.

EXAMPLE 5

Find each product by using the distributive property to remove parentheses.

a. 5(3x + 2)

b. −21y + 0.3z − 12

c. − (9x + y − 2z + 6)

Solution

a.

b.

c.

EXAMPLE 6

Simplify each expression.

a. 3(2x − 5) + 1

b. −2(4x + 7) − (3x − 1)

c. 9 + 3(4x − 10)

Solution

a.

b.

c.

−2(4x − 3z − 1)