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An operations manager is solving the equation $5(n - 4) - 4n = -8todetermineaprojectsvariablecostto determine a project's variable costn.Followingthestandardstrategytosimplifyfirst,themanagerdistributesthe5andthencombinestheliketermsontheleftside.TrueorFalse:Thesesimplificationstepscorrectlyresultintheequation. Following the standard strategy to 'simplify first,' the manager distributes the 5 and then combines the like terms on the left side. True or False: These simplification steps correctly result in the equation n - 20 = -8$.

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