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Lenny thinks the following expressions are equivalent: 2(3a - 2) + 4a and 10a - 2 is lenny correct?justify your answer.

Lenny thinks the following expressions are equivalent: 2(3a - 2) + 4a and 10a - 2 is lenny correct?justify your answer.
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Lenny thinks the following expressions are equivalent:

2(3a - 2) + 4a and 10a - 2

is lenny correct?justify your answer.

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no. the first simplifies to 10a -4 and the second is 10a-2
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Yes, he is correct, using the distributive property you get the same answer

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