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I don’t know what to do and the steps for this

I don’t know what to do and the steps for this-example-1
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First of all we will collect like terms by saying 8+15-5x-2x

Threfore the final answer is 22-7x


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to simplify it, we need to combine like terms. 8 and 15 are like, and 5x and 2x are like. so we rearrange it: 8+15-5x-2x

and now we simplify: 23-7x

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