The cost of three different types of school supplies for five students is represented by the expression

5(7x-3y+6z) What is an expression equivalent to 5(7x-3y+6z) that results from using the distributive property?

3 answers

35x - 15y + 30z

Michael has a substantial student debt, but he recently got a new job, which came with a signing bonus. He calculates that with his new job, he can put aside a fixed amount of money every month to pay off his debt. He also puts the entirety of his bonus towards paying off his debt. He constructs the expression 36,700-(5,000+500m) to represent the size of his debt after m months. Which number describes the value of his signing bonus?

The signing bonus is $5,000.