lets try
2 ( 1 + 3)
of course that is 2 (4) = 8, but that does not use the distributive property
the property says
2 ( 1 + 3) is 2*1 +2*3 distributing the multiplication among the terms in the parentheses
luckily that is
2 + 6 which is still 8
now the one you typed
-4( -4d - 5 )
well that would be
( -4 * -4d ) + (-4 *-5)
= 16 d + 20
I need help with -4 (-4d - 5), if anyone can help, that'd be helpful! I'm not risking getting yelled at by my parents again by failing Math Extension :)
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