Simplify 5/9(x-32)

$\frac{5}{9} (x - 32)$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{5}{9} x + \frac{5}{9} \cdot - 32$

Combine $\frac{5}{9}$ and $x$ .

$\frac{5 x}{9} + \frac{5}{9} \cdot - 32$

Multiply $\frac{5}{9} \cdot - 32$ .

Combine $\frac{5}{9}$ and $- 32$ .

$\frac{5 x}{9} + \frac{5 \cdot - 32}{9}$

Multiply $5$ by $- 32$ .

$\frac{5 x}{9} + \frac{- 160}{9}$

$\frac{5 x}{9} + \frac{- 160}{9}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$\frac{5 x}{9} - \frac{160}{9}$

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