Question

(x - 2)(-5x2 + x) = (x)(-5x2)+(x)(x) + (-2)(-5x²)+(-2)(x) is an example of:

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Vertical multiplication

Step-by-step explanation:

What happens:

What happens here is that each term on the first parenthesis multiply each term on the second paranthesis, that is, the application of the distributive property, which is the most widely used procedure to solve a vertical multiplication, meaning that the answer is given by option a.