Rewrite the expression (4 - a) ( - 3) without using parentheses.

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Cannon Adkins

Mathematics

25 August, 17:32

Rewrite the expression (4 - a) ( - 3) without using parentheses.

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Izabella Peters · Answer 1

-12+3a

You just multiply - 3 to 4-a

Elianna Morton · Answer 2

To answer this question, apply the distributive property. Multiply every term inside the parentheses by (-3).

(4 - a) (-3)

4 (-3) - a (-3)

-12 + 3a

We can also express the answer

3a - 12.