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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How do you perform the operation (-5a + 2) - (4a - 2)

OpenStudy (phi):

I would first rewrite -(4a-2) by "distributing the minus sign" -(4a-2) is the same as -1*(4a-2) that means multiply everything inside the parens by -1 : put -1* in front of each term what do you get?

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