Use the distributive property to simplify this expression -(5-3v)

-(5 - 3v)    You need to distribute/multiply the - to 5 and -3v

(-)5 - (-)(3v)

-5 - -3v   2 negative signs cancels out and becomes  +, so

-5 + 3v

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet

step-by-step explanation:

let's assume length of parallelogram is 'l'

width of parallelogram is 'w'

the perimeter of a parallelogram must be no less than 40 feet

so, we get

we are given

length of parallelogram is 6 feet

so,

l=6

we can plug it

now, we can solve for w

subtract both sides by 12

divide both sides by 2

and we get

so,

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet