Respuesta :

Use the properties of real numbers to simplify the expression:

[tex]4(p-7p+3)[/tex]

Add like terms inside the parenthesis:

[tex]=4(-6p+3)[/tex]

Use the distributive property to eliminate the parenthesis:

[tex]\begin{gathered} =4(-6p)+4(3) \\ =-24p+12 \end{gathered}[/tex]

This expression is fully simplified. But it can be factorized by the common factor of 12 (using the distributive property again):

[tex]\begin{gathered} -24p+12=12(-2p)+12(1) \\ =12(-2p+1) \end{gathered}[/tex]