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a girl scout has (5x-12) boxes of cookies and sells (3x+18) of them. Write a simplified expression to represent the number of boxes left.
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a girl scout has (5x-12) boxes of cookies and sells (3x+18) of them. Write a simplified expression to represent the number of boxes left.

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5x-12 -(3x+18)

distribute

5x-12 -3x-18

2x-30 is whats left

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