Answer
$2p+7$
Work Step by Step
The distributive property holds that $a(b+c)=ab+ac$ (for real numbers $a$, $b$, and $c$).
We are given the expression $-(2p+5)+3(2p+4)-2p$. We can use the distributive property to simplify the terms in parentheses and combine like terms.
$-(2p+5)+3(2p+4)-2p=(-1\times2p)+(-1\times5)+(3\times2p)+(3\times4)-2p=(-2p)+(-5)+(6p)+(12)-2p=(-2+6-2)p+(-5+12)=(2)p+(7)=2p+7$
