SOLUTION: simplify: -3(-7/4a+1/6)+5/2(3-a/2)

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Question 146132: simplify:
-3(-7/4a+1/6)+5/2(3-a/2)
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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%2821%2F4%29a-1%2F2%2B15%2F2-%285%2F4%29a Distribute.


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%2816%2F4%29a%2B7 Combine like terms.