Question

PLEASE HELP! WILL MARK BRAINLIEST!

Answer 1

The answer is C. 8. Good Luck!

Answer 2

First of all, you would use the FOIL method for -5(a + 3). This means to just multiply -5 to all of the values in the parenthesis. This would equal:

-5a -15 = -55

Then after, you would add 15 for both sides and get -5a = -40

Divide by -5 on both sides, you get a = 8.

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