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What is -5(-17a) simplified?

What is -5(-17a) simplified?
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What is -5(-17a) simplified?

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User Artur Vakhrameev
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you would just multiply -5(-17a) and that would equal 85a 
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When you multiply numbers by coefficients (numbers with variables attached) you multiply the two numbers and keep the variable the same. So, to solve this you'll multiply -5 by -17 and keep the a the same. -5 x -17 = 85.

-5 (-17a) = 85a
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