Question

Simplify. 11x – 2x – 5 + 13

Answer 1

First combine like terms
so
11x - 2x -5 + 13
the two coefficients of the x and the two numbers
so this will be
9x + 8

Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

subtract 2x from 11x and get 9x and then you subtract 5 from 13 and get 8 so 9x+8