Question

What is the product?

negative 9 x (5 minus 2x)

Answer 1

Answer:

Either $-45x+18x^{2}$ or $-45+18x$ depending on whether or not I've interpreted the written expression correctly.

Explanation:

I'm not 100% sure what your question is asking however I can interpret it in two ways.

1) $-9x(5-2x)$

OR

2) $-9*(5-2x)$

Since there's an unknown variable, the closest thing we can get to an answer is a simplified expression. We can do this by distributing the number outside of the parenthesis (either -9 or -9x depending on which expression you're doing).

1) To solve for the first expression, you distribute -9x to the numbers inside of the parenthesis. So, -9x multiplied by 5 is -45x and -9x multiplied by -2x is 18x². In this case, the simplified expression would be $-45x+18x^{2}$.

2) To solve for the second expression, you distribute -9 to the numbers inside of the parenthesis. So, -9 multiplied by 5 is -45 and -9 multiplifed by -2x is 18x. In this case, the simplified expression would be $-45+18x$.