The way to get an equivalent expression is by first organizing the expression by leaving the same variables together. So the equivalent expression:
![a+4a\text{ - 3b +5C}](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/qb6866yojsbo1ppk3r49xyq6kpxmxm3rus.png)
Now, to simplify the expression, we operate each variable separately. In this case for b and C there are no more variables to operate, so we only simply the variable a. In this case, a+4a =5a. So the final expression is
![5a\text{ -3b +5C}](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/59wu96n9hhex1xbxfufit58exv0sc2j4w3.png)