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Simplifying Real-World Expressions
An artist draws a square chalk mural with side length a. The artist decides to enlarge the mural. The area of the new mural is represented by (5a)(3a + 2).

Simplify the expression (5a)(3a + 2).

8a + 2
15a2 + 10a
15a2 + 10
8a2 + 10a

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use the distributive property: (5a)(3a + 2) = 5a·3a + 5a·2 = 15a^2 + 10a.