document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=238703>Question 238703</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can someone please show me how to solve this step by step? I need to simplify this.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7{[4(a-4)+16] - [2(3a-2)+2]} </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "7{[4(a-4)+16] - [2(3a-2)+2]}<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "start with the inmost brackets first, multiply what's in those brackets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7{[4a -16 + 16] - [6a - 4 + 2]}<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do the math inside the brackets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7(4a - (6a - 2))<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Remove the inner bracket, a minus changes the signs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7(4a - 6a + 2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "combine the a's<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7(-2a + 2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then mult each term by 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-14a + 14 </SPAN>\n" );
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