How do you simplify $35a + 5n + 2(n - 1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-13T18:27:45

$35a + 7n - 2$

Here's how I did it:

$35a + 5n + 2(n-1)$

First, let's distribute $2(n-1)$ :
$35a + 5n + 2n - 2$

To simplify this, we have to combine like terms:
$35a + 7n - 2$

Since there are no more like terms, we can no longer simplify this. So that is the answer.

Hope this helps!

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