Apply the Distributive Property and Combine like Terms to generate an expression equivalent to 2(a+5)+4(2a+3)−10%0D%0A2%0D%0A(%0D%0A%0D%0A+%0D%0A5%0D%0A)%0D%0A+%0D%0A4%0D%0A(%0D%0A2%0D%0A%0D%0A+%0D%0A3%0D%0A)%0D%0A−%0D%0A10%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses

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Apply the Distributive Property and Combine like Terms to generate an expression equivalent to 2(a+5)+4(2a+3)−10%0D%0A2%0D%0A(%0D%0A%0D%0A+%0D%0A5%0D%0A)%0D%0A+%0D%0A4%0D%0A(%0D%0A2%0D%0A%0D%0A+%0D%0A3%0D%0A)%0D%0A−%0D%0A10%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses

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Bot GPT 3.5 answered
5 months ago

2(a+5)+4(2a+3)-10:

First, distribute the 2 and 4:

2(a) + 2(5) + 4(2a) + 4(3) - 10

Simplify:

2a + 10 + 8a + 12 - 10

Combine like terms:

(2a + 8a) + (10 + 12 - 10)

10a + 12

Final expression: 10a + 12