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Simplify -12x + 5x.
-7
-7x
-17x

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Answer:

the answer would be -17x

Explanation:

User DDovzhenko
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7x. Try to ignore the X's for a second and think of the problem as -12+5 (aka 5-12). The answer to that is 7. now add the x back again to get: 7x
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