use the distributive property to rewrite this expression 5b4

use the distributive property to rewrite this expression. -5(b-4)

Solution

Factoring is when we pull a common factor such as -5 out of an expression by dividing and then it might look like your problem here. The reverse of that is when we use distributive property to multiply that same -5 by each item in the expression inside the parenthesis.

Looking in your parenthesis you have two terms, b and -4. Think of it as adding b to -4. So, -5*(b + -4).
So to use distributive property (you multiply), you take the -5 and multiply by b to get -5b and you then multiply that same -5 by -4 to get --20 which is +20. Now your answer is those two terms, -5b + +20 or simply, -5b + 20.