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Simplify the expression

-2b - 6 + 3b - 2

User Nerdoza
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Hello!

To do this we need to combine like terms, meaning combine the terms that have the same variables.

b is one variable that can be combined:

-2b - 6 + 3b - 2
b - 6 - 2

Now, combine the digits:

b - 8

Hope this helped!
User Valeriy Savchenko
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