SOLUTION: -2[3a-2(4a-1)]+2=2a+3-3 please help me solve this problem i am having alot of trouble. thanks much!

SOLUTION: -2[3a-2(4a-1)]+2=2a+3-3 please help me solve this problem i am having alot of trouble. thanks much!

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: -2[3a-2(4a-1)]+2=2a+3-3 please help me solve this problem i am having alot of trouble. thanks much! This question is from textbook beginning algebra

Answer by tutorcecilia(2152) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-2[3a-2(4a-1)]+2=2a+3-3 [Use the order of operations (PEMDAS) to solve]
-2[3a-8a+2]+2=2a+3-3
-2[-5a+2]+2=2a+0
10a-4+2=2a
10a-2=2a [Solve for a]
10a-10a-2=2a-10a
-2=-8a
-2/-8=a
1/4=a
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Check by plugging (a=1/4) back into the original equation.
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