Question

Simplify PLEASE HELP

Answer 1

Answer:

1.75a - 11

Step-by-step explanation:

Remember your order of operations, first you want to start inside the parantheses. Nothing can be simplified there so move on to multiplication.

Distribute (mutiply) ¾ with (5a - 16) as well as -⅓ with (6a - 3) to get

3.75a - 12 - 2a + 1

Combine like terms, so 3.75 with -2a as well as -12 with 1.

1.75a - 11

Which you could also write as

⁷⁄₄a - 11 or 1¾a - 11

Answer 2

$\dfrac 34(5a-16) - \dfrac 13(6a-3)\\\\=\dfrac{15a}4 - \dfrac{48}4 - 2a + 1\\\\=\dfrac{15a}4 -12-2a+1\\\\=\dfrac{15a}4 -2a -11\\\\=\dfrac{15a-8a-44}{4}\\\\=\dfrac{7a-44}4$