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  1. May 14th 2007, 03:05 PM #1
    breanna2471
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    Wink susan tried to use the distributive property and wrote

    -5(x + 3y - 2) = -5x - 15y - 10 is susan correct
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  2. May 14th 2007, 03:14 PM #2
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    No, it should be +10.
    -5*-2=+10
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  3. May 14th 2007, 04:15 PM #3
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    Susan is retarded.

    Because (-5)(-2)= +10
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