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Algebra work need help
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Algebra work need help please show working-example-1
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Expand the left side:

(3x + 2) (5x + 1) = 15x² + 10x + 3x + 2 = 15x² + 13x + 2

Then a = 15 and b = 13, so a - b = 2.

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