M6|L21 Combining Like Terms (Part 2)Sign out

Question

Use the distributive property to write equivalent expressions.
Rewriting subtraction using addition can be helpful to keep track of the subtraction symbol when distributing. Start by rewriting this expression using addition.
-2 (2−6y)

= -2(
+
)

Answer 1

To use the distributive property on the expression -2(2 - 6y), we can start by rewriting subtraction as addition:

-2(2 - 6y) can be rewritten as -2(2 + (-6y)).

Now we can distribute the -2 to both terms inside the parentheses:

= -2 * 2 + -2 * (-6y)

This gives:

= -4 + 12y

So, the expression -2(2 - 6y) can be rewritten using the distributive property as:

-4 + 12y.