SOLUTION: How do you simplify (2a-5)-(4a+6)+(7-2a) ?

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Question 765287: How do you simplify (2a-5)-(4a+6)+(7-2a) ?
Answer by algebrahouse.com(1659) About Me  (Show Source):
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(2a - 5) - (4a + 6) + (7 - 2a)
= 2a - 5 - 4a - 6 + 7 - 2a {took out parentheses, distributing signs through}
= -4a - 4 {combined like terms}

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