Given:
[tex]5a-(2a+15)=24[/tex]To expand and solve for x:
On expanding the given expression, we have,
[tex]5a-2a-15=24[/tex]On solving we get,
[tex]\begin{gathered} 3a-15=24 \\ 3a=24+15 \\ 3a=39 \\ a=13 \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, the value of a is 13.