SOLUTION: Find (4a-2b + c) - (5c+ a

SOLUTION: Find (4a-2b + c) - (5c+ a - 4b).

Question 84167: Find (4a-2b + c) - (5c+ a - 4b).
Found 2 solutions by funmath, Earlsdon:
Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find (4a-2b + c) - (5c+ a - 4b).
4a-2b+c-5c-a+4b Distribute the negative sign.
4a-a-2b+4b+c-5c Combine your like terms.
(4-1)a+(-2+4)b+(1-5)c

Happy Calculating!!!
Sorry, I had a type-o.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Simplify:
Remove the parentheses and remember to change the sign of each term in the second set of parentheses. Why?...because you are, in effect, multiplying each term by -1 (the distributive property) when you remove these parentheses.
Now combine like-terms.

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