How do you rewrite #14m - ( - 6m - 5)# without parentheses?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-29T22:51:46

#14m+6m+5#

So first you should realize that there is #-1 # infront of the parentheses. Let's write that out.

#14m-1(-6m-5)#

Now use #-1# to expand the parentheses using the distributive property.

#-1(-6m-5)#

Remember;

#+*+=+#

#-*- =+#

#-*+=-#

So #-1*-6m=+6m# and #-1*-5=+5#

#:.# we have #6m+5#

Adding that to the #14m#, we end up with

#rArr14m+6m+5#

The simplified form will be

#20m+5#