document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=16553>Question 16553</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1.  4a+5[1-3(2a-1)]=2(2a+5) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #8084 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=smik><B>smik(40)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=smik><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=8084\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hmm... nasty looking problem. First of all we should foil everything out.\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "So, 4a+5*(1-3*(2a-1)) gives us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "4a+5-30a+15, which simplified gives us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "20-26a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now, let's foil the other side, 2(2a+5), gives us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "4a+10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, we've got:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "20-26a = 4a+10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we should isolate the variable. So we can add 26a to each side, and subtract 10 from each side, to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "10=30a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we solve for a by dividing both sides by 30 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 0.3 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</TD></TR></TABLE>\n" );