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In this problem, we're being asked to use the distributed property to multiply the monomial 5x by the binomial x minus 5.
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Well, remember, the distributed property means that we need to take this term on the outside, the 5x, and we need to multiply it to each term inside the parentheses.
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So to begin, we're going to have to multiply 5x by x, and then we're going to need to multiply positive 5x by negative 5.
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Well, now, in this case, we're multiplying monomials.
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So remember, our rule is that we multiply the coefficients and add the exponents for any like basis.
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Now, a couple of things.
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If you don't see a coefficient, it's an imaginary one...