SOLUTION: Can someone help me solve this problem? -5a+3=2a+10

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Question 33870This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
: Can someone help me solve this problem?
-5a+3=2a+10 This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

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  • This is an equation! Solutions: a=-1.
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  • Text form: -5a+3=2a+10 simplifies to 0=0
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DETAILED EXPLANATION

Look at .
Moved these terms to the left highlight_green%28+-2%2Aa+%29,highlight_green%28+-10+%29
It becomes .
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Added fractions or integers together
It becomes .
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Moved -7 to the right of expression
It becomes .
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Removed extra sign in front of -7
It becomes .
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Eliminated similar terms highlight_red%28+-5%2Aa+%29,highlight_red%28+-2%2Aa+%29 replacing them with highlight_green%28+%28-5-2%29%2Aa+%29
It becomes .
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Added fractions or integers together
It becomes .
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Removed extra sign in front of -7
It becomes .
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Remove unneeded parentheses around factor highlight_red%28+7+%29
It becomes .
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Solved linear equation highlight_red%28+-7%2Aa-7=0+%29 equivalent to -7*a-7 =0
It becomes .
Result:
This is an equation! Solutions: a=-1.

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