SOLUTION: Please help me simplify the equation 1/2(3a+1) - 1/3(a-5). I can not make heads or tails out of putting likes togehter, removing parenthesis. As you can tell, algebra is my nig

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Question 135123:
Please help me simplify the equation 1/2(3a+1) - 1/3(a-5). I can not make heads or tails out of putting likes togehter, removing parenthesis. As you can tell, algebra is my nightmare course! Please help me! Thank you!!!
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1/2(3a+1)-1/3(a-5)
(3a+1)/2-(a-5)/3 combine these fractions by finding a common denominator (6)
[3(3a+1)-2(a-5)]/6
(9a+3-2a+10)/6
(7a+13)/6 answer.