Question

DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY AND COMBINING LIKE TERMS(SIMPLIFY EACH EXPRESSION)

1. -3(7b+1)-4(-b+3)

Answer 1

The distributive property: a(b + c) = ab + ac

-3(7b + 1) - 4(-b + 3) = -3(7b) - 3(1) - 4(-b) - 4(3)

= -21b - 3 + 4b - 12 = -17b - 15