SOLUTION: Hello can you please check if i understood this equation below: 4a-(3-a)=17 4a-3-a=17 4a-a(-3)=17 3a+-3=17+-3 a=14

Question 1047603: Hello can you please check if i understood this equation below:
4a-(3-a)=17
4a-3-a=17
4a-a(-3)=17
3a+-3=17+-3
a=14
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can always plug your answer into the original equation to see if it solves it.

No, it's not a solution
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<---- Here is your mistake, when you distribute the (-1)

Now continue and finish the solution.
Then check it in the original equation.
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