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Find the sum of 5x-y and (2xy+xy)

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Since neither 5x nor -y has a "like term" in 2xy+xy, the sum of these quantities is simply

2xy+xy + 5x - y = 3xy + 5x - y

You might want to write this as y(3x -1) + 5x.
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