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solve by multiplying -5(2c^2-a^2)

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Distribute -5 to each term:

-5(2c^2 - a^2) = -5·2c^2 + (-5)(-a^2) = -10c^2 + 5a^2.

Usually written with a first: 5a^2 - 10c^2, which can also be factored as 5(a^2 - 2c^2).