Simplify the following expression.-5a - 10(-a - 10) + 1 - 2a

Tobias Uhmann asked Jul 19, 2023

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Tobias Uhmann asked Jul 19, 2023

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$\begin{gathered} -5a-10\left(-a-10\right)+1-2a \\ \end{gathered}$

Step 1

break the parenthesis

$\begin{gathered} -5a-10(-a-10)+1-2a \\ -5a+10a+100+1-2a \\ \end{gathered}$

Add similar terms

$\begin{gathered} -5a+10a+100+1-2a \\ 3a+101 \end{gathered}$

so, the answer is 3a+101

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