particular i will have faith it. that's how one might bypass approximately simplifying this equation. 5(-3x-2)-(x-3)= -4(4x+5)+a million (-15x-10)-x+3= (-16x-20)+a million -15x-10-x+3= -16x-20+a million -15x-x+16x= -20-3+a million+10 -16x+16x= -23+11 0 =/= -12 Yep, valuable that it extremely is -12 (neg. twelve) . a million) Multiply 5 by potential of each and every thing interior the parentheses. circulate around the (=) sign and multiply -4 by potential of each and every thing in that parentheses. 2) clean the parentheses 3) that's the equation without () 4) team like numbers and indicators (x's with x's) (numbers w/ #) 5) Simplify answer 0 isn't equivalent to a -12