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-69=-3m-2(5m+2) help me solve plssss

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-3m-2(5m+2)=-69\ \ \ |\text{use distributive property}\\\\-3m-2(5m)-2(2)=-69\\\\-3m-10m-4=-69\\\\-13m-4=-69\ \ \ \ |+4\\\\-13m=-65\ \ \ \ \ |:(-13)\\\\\boxed{m=5}

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