Use the distributive property to simplify (–5 – c)( –1)

With this question, the distributive property means to distribute each term in the left parentheses to each term in the right parentheses.

= (-5 - c)( -1)
multiply each term in left parentheses by each term in right parentheses

= (-5 * -1) + (-c * -1)
multiply in parentheses; negative times negative equals positive

= 5 + c

ANSWER: 5 + c

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