document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=29137>Question 29137</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a = –5 and b = 0, evaluate 2a + 3b.	 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "My answer: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "First, simply plug in the -5 for the a in the equation and 0 for the b in the equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2a+3b-----original equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(-5)+3(0)------plug in the answers for the variables<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-10+0------simplify<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-10 is your answer! </SPAN>\n" );
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