[tex]\huge\text{Hey there!}[/tex]
[tex]\large\textsf{5 - 3(7x + 8)}\\\\\large\text{DISTRIBUTE -3 WITHIN the PARENTHESES}\\\large\textsf{5 - 3(7x) + (-3)(8)}\\\large\textsf{-3(7x) = -21x}\\\large\textsf{-3(8) = -24}\\\large\textsf{= \underline{5 - 21x - 24}}\\\\\large\text{COMBINE the LIKE TERMS}\\\large\textsf{(-21x) + (5 - 24)}\\\large\textsf{-21 does NOT have any LIKE TERMS so we could leave it the same}\\\large\textsf{5 - 24 is the only LIKE TERM pair}\\\large\textsf{5 - 24 = -19}\\\large\textsf{-21x = -21x}[/tex]
[tex]\boxed{\boxed{\large\text{Answer: \huge\textsf{\bf -21x - 19}}}}\huge\checkmark[/tex]
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