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The expression can be simplified by distributing $20$ to both terms inside the parentheses: \begin{align*}
20\left(-1.5r+0.75\right)&=20(-1.5r)+20(0.75)\\
&=-30r+15
\end{align*}The equivalent expression is $\boxed{-30r+15}$.