Question

How do you use the distributive property to rewrite and simplify `(5y-3)7`?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

To rewrite and simplify this expression multiply each term within the parenthesis by the term outside the parenthesis:

#(5y - 3)color(red)(7) => (color(red)(7) * 5y) - (color(red)(7) * 3) => 35y - 21#