text: distributive property? i need help with a math problem... relating to this!!!!? the question says to "describe and correct the error in using the distributive property to evaluate the expression."       the problem is:               4(25-3)=4(25) - 4(-3)                         =100+12                         =112   there's an error in this problem... does anyone know what it is and how to fix it? its +4(-3)  it should be -12, not +12