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

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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) About Me  (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.
4a-%283-a%29=17+
4%2814%29-%283-14%29=17
56-%28-11%29=17
56%2B11=17
67=17
No, it's not a solution
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4a-3-a=17+ <---- Here is your mistake, when you distribute the (-1)
4a-%283-a%29=17
4a-3-%28-a%29=17
4a-3%2Ba=17
Now continue and finish the solution.
Then check it in the original equation.