How do you combine $(a-2) - (5-3a)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-28T01:17:59

$4a-7$

Let's distribute the negative to both terms in the second set of parenthesis. We now have

$a-2-5+3a$

Now we can combine like terms. Constants go with constants, and variables go with variables. Thus, we get

$4a-7$

as our final answer

Hope this helps!

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