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What will the new equation 2 be whenmultiplying everything by-2?

What will the new equation 2 be whenmultiplying everything by-2?-example-1
User Radoslav
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In order to calculate the new equation, we just need to multiply every term in the equation by (-2). So we have that:


\begin{gathered} (2a+3b=5)\cdot(-2) \\ 2a\cdot(-2)+3b\cdot(-2)=5\cdot(-2) \\ -4a-6b=-10 \end{gathered}

So the answer is the first option.

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