Simplifying Algebraic Expressions Distributive Property

-3a – 5a + 4

• 2a + 4
• -8a - 4
• -8a + 4
• -2a + 4

_{4x – 3 – 5x - 9}

• 9x - 12
• x + 12
• -x - 12
• -9x + 12

9(2x + 2y)

• 36xy
• 18x + 18y
• 18x + 18
• 11x + 11y

3 - 2a + 3a + 5a

• 5a+3
• 5a-3
• 6a + 3
• 8a+3

-12n - (-13n)

• -25n
• 25n
• n
• -n

• -14x

• -14x + 12

• 14x 

• 5x +1

5n + 11n

• 16n
• 55n
• 6n

5(a + 6)

• 5a + 6
• a + 30
• 5a + 30
• 5a - 30

3(2c - 5)

• 6c - 15
• 6c + 15
• 6c + 15
• -6c - 15

The number in front of a variable telling the mathematician how much to multiply the variable by is called the...

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