Since it says only write a expression, you can do 45xM= ?/?
Divide 6 by -8 to get the variable alone!
6/-8 < division< equation
Yes the distributive property is used to expand expressions, but it is also used to make it simpler.
For an example
3(x+4) + 3(y-8)
This is the same thing as
3x + 12 + 3y -8
The answer to 4\|256 is 4, since we can find the square root of 256, which is 16, we can find the square root of the square root, which is 4, so, 4^4 is 256 is your answer
