document.write( "Question 297172: Hey what happened I thoiught you guys were supposed to respond back in a timely manner. I submitted a question yesterday and still not so much as a return message. If you guys don't respond yhen I can not go forward with my studies.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #214076 by Fombitz(32388) $\"\"$ $\"About$

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Kind of demanding for someone looking for free help. Yes?
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\n" ); document.write( "1. $\"3a+-2%281+-4+%28a+-1%29%29+%2B5+=+3a+-2%281+-4%28a%29+-4%28-1%29%29+%2B5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "2. $\"3a+-2%281+-4+%28a+-1%29%29+%2B5+=+3a+-2%281+-4a+%2B4%29+%2B5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "3. $\"3a+-2%281+-4+%28a+-1%29%29+%2B5+=+3a+-2%281%29+-2%28-4a%29+-2%28%2B4%29+%2B5\"$
\n" ); document.write( "4. $\"3a+-2%281+-4+%28a+-1%29%29+%2B5+=+3a+-2+%2B8a+%2B8+%2B5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Almost, you made a mistake in the last line.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3a+-2%281+-4+%28a+-1%29%29+%2B5+=+3a+-2+%2B8a+-8+%2B5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "You know you can simplify at any time to save some steps,
\n" ); document.write( "2. $\"3a+-2%281+-4+%28a+-1%29%29+%2B5+=+3a+-2%28highlight%281%29+-4a+%2Bhighlight%284%29%29+%2B5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "3. $\"3a+-2%281+-4+%28a+-1%29%29+%2B5+=+3a+-2%28highlight%285%29-4a%29+%2B5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Anyways, continuing, collect like terms.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3a+-2%281+-4+%28a+-1%29%29+%2B5+=+3a+-2+%2B8a+-8+%2B5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3a+-2%281+-4+%28a+-1%29%29+%2B5+=+%283a%2B8a%29+-2++-8+%2B5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3a+-2%281+-4+%28a+-1%29%29+%2B5+=+11a-5+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Is there a right hand side to the equation?
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