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Simplify  5a - 7ab + 6abc + 7(a- 2ab - 5abc)

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by jessica624 at January 22, 2011

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Combine like terms.  These are terms with exactly the same letters so the first three are unlike each other and cannot be combined.  Use the distributive property on 7(a-2ab-5abc).  That gets you 7a-14ab-35abc.  Now combine the like terms: 7a and 5a = 12a -7ab and -14ab = -21ab 6abc and -35abc = -29abc 12a-21ab-29abc is the answer.

kroo_jteague kroo_jteague January 22, 2011

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=5a-7ab+6abc+7a-14ab-35abc=13a-21ab-29abc

gibby. gibby. January 22, 2011

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