Given 3 cross products of 3 vectors, how do you solve an expression of this format?

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If you're given:

$$a \times b = (2, -4, 2),\quad a \times c = (7, 13, -11),\quad b \times c = (1, 7, 1)$$

what properties of cross products or formulas can you use to solve $(2b - c) \times (3a + 5c)$?

I want to utilize how there is a $c$ common to both vector arithmetics but I am not sure how.

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Just break it into pieces, using $a\times(b+c)=a\times b+a\times c$.
What do you know that relates $a\times b$ with $b\times a$?