Find the Product 4x(3x-5)

$4 x (3 x - 5)$

Step 1

Simplify by multiplying through.

Apply the distributive property.

$4 x (3 x) + 4 x \cdot - 5$

Simplify the expression.

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$4 \cdot 3 x \cdot x + 4 x \cdot - 5$

Multiply $- 5$ by $4$ .

$4 \cdot 3 x \cdot x - 20 x$

Step 2

Simplify each term.

Multiply $x$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$4 \cdot 3 (x \cdot x) - 20 x$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$4 \cdot 3 x^{2} - 20 x$

Multiply $4$ by $3$ .

$12 x^{2} - 20 x$