What is the value of the expression below when: a = -2; b = 3; and c = -5? (a.a) - 2ac +5b

Aditya Bhatt asked Nov 5, 2023

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Aditya Bhatt asked Nov 5, 2023

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To find the value of an expression we plug the given number in their corresponding places and do the operations:

$(a\cdot a)-2ac+5b$

plugging the values we have:

Therefore the value of the expression is -1.

IAkshay answered Nov 9, 2023

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