SOLUTION: Simplify the following expression by clearing parentheses and combining like terms. What are the coefficients of the result? -1/2(5p-14)+6(-1/4p-1)-(1/3-2p)

Question 728558: Simplify the following expression by clearing parentheses and combining like terms. What are the coefficients of the result?
-1/2(5p-14)+6(-1/4p-1)-(1/3-2p)
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
First let's rewrite this -1/2(5p-14)+6(-1/4p-1)-(1/3-2p) as:
-5/2p+7-3/2p-6-1/3+2p
Now combine like terms:
-2p+2/3
Make sense?
RJ
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