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Alana incorrectly simplified the expression (-14a + 12) - (-10a + 13) as -24a + 25 describe her error

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The answer should be -4a-1. This is because you have to open the box.

-(-10a+13)

Two negatives become positive so she should have had -14+10 to make -4 and 12-13 to make -1. A negative and positive together, the negative always wins so that why you subtract.

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