rewrite the expression (p-4)5 using the distributive property

Question

rewrite the expression (p-4)5 using the distributive property

 

Answer 1

(P-4)5

 

in this case you're simple going to expand the equation 

 

which gives

 

(p*5) -(4*5)

 

which gives 

 

5P - 20

Answer 2

Right, you multiply by each factor:

 

(p-4)5 = (5p) - (5*4) = 5p - 25

Answer 3

The distributive property says that you need to expand or multiply each factor . In this case since you have a product between 2 expression  (p-5) and 5 , you multiply 5 by each term within the paranthesis. So you have 5*p  - 5*5 = 5p -25