Use the distributive property to simplify the expression.
$-4(6+1)$

• A. $-28$
• B. $-20$
• C. $30$
• D. $28$

Answer: (A)

Verified step by step guidance

1. Identify the expression to simplify: \(-4\left(6 + 1\right)\).
2. Recall the distributive property: \(a(b + c) = ab + ac\). Here, \(a = -4\), \(b = 6\), and \(c = 1\).
3. Apply the distributive property by multiplying \(-4\) by each term inside the parentheses separately: \(-4 \times 6\) and \(-4 \times 1\).
4. Write the expression as the sum of these products: \(-4 \times 6 + (-4 \times 1)\).
5. Simplify each multiplication to get the final simplified expression (do not calculate the final sum here).