Use the Distributive Property to combine like terms and simplify the expression.

Question

10x plus 3 left parenthesis x minus 15 right parenthesis
(1 point)
Responses

13x minus 15
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13x + 45
13 x + 45

Negative 32x
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13x minus 45

Answer 1

The correct simplification using the distributive property is:

10x + 3(x - 15)

= 10x + 3x - 45

= 13x - 45