3 years ago

How could you use the distributive property to rewrite the expression -(8+12)

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san4es73 [151]3 years ago

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Answer:

By using the distributive property we can rewrite the given expression -(8+12) as -8-12

Step-by-step explanation:

Given expression is -(8+12)

To use the distributive property to rewrite the given expression :

-(8+12)

=(-1)(8)+(-1)(12) ( using the distributive property a(x+y)=ax+ay here a=-1 ,x=8 and y=12 )

=-8-12

=-20

Therefore by using the distributive property we can rewrite the given expression -(8+12) as -8-12

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