Use the Distributive Property to rewrite the following expression. 2(𝑏−5) =

Answer 1

Hi Hunter,

The distributive property allows you to multiply each term of the expression (b-5) by 2 as follows:

2(b-5) = 2(b) - 2 (5) = 2b-10

The expression 2b - 10 is equivalent to 2(b-5)