How do you simplify $-1+10(7a+2)-4a$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-22T02:54:46

Simple. You can just use the basic but important concept of order of operations to simplify this expression.

$-1+10(7a+2)-4a$

Remember. You are simplifying, not solving it; so do not solve for $a$ .

Do the multiplication first.

$=-1+70a+20-4a$

Now, add the terms together to form the final simplified version of the expression.

$=66a+19$

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