Question #3a63b

1 Answer
Jun 18, 2016

Answer is b)

3(2a)-a=15

Explanation:

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The question is meant to be: " "(axx2)3-a

Mathematically this should be written as:" "3(2a)-a

but 3xx2=6 giving

6a-a

It is bad mathematical practise to do so but you can write a" as "1a

6a-1a=5a

But a has the value of 3 so we have

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So the answer is the solution b