SOLUTION: can someone please show me how to solve this step by step? I need to simplify this. 7{[4(a-4)+16] - [2(3a-2)+2]}

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Question 238703: can someone please show me how to solve this step by step? I need to simplify this.
7{[4(a-4)+16] - [2(3a-2)+2]}

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
simplify this.
7{[4(a-4)+16] - [2(3a-2)+2]}
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start with the inmost brackets first, multiply what's in those brackets
7{[4a -16 + 16] - [6a - 4 + 2]}
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Do the math inside the brackets
7(4a - (6a - 2))
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Remove the inner bracket, a minus changes the signs
7(4a - 6a + 2)
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combine the a's
7(-2a + 2)
then mult each term by 7
-14a + 14

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