Look at the expression: −3(2x+7)

Question

This expression involves these two operations______________property and ____________ property.
We will use the Response area to simplify this expression.
The simplified expression looks like ___________

Answer 1

The expression \(-3(2x + 7)\) involves the following operations:

1. Distribution property (also known as the distributive property).
2. Multiplication property (since we're multiplying a number by a binomial).

We can simplify the expression using the distribution property:

\[ -3(2x + 7) = -3 \cdot 2x + (-3) \cdot 7 = -6x - 21 \]

So, the simplified expression looks like:

\[ -6x - 21 \]