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(3x+10)-(5x+2) guys plz help

User An SO User
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(3x+10)-(5x+2)

could be rewritten as

3x+10
-(5x+2)
-----------
and thus the work could be done more easily. Combining 3x and -5x results in -2x, and combining 10 and -2 results in 8.

Thus,

3x+10
-(5x+2)
----------
-2x + 8 (answer)

User Vadim Peretokin
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the answer is

-2x+8

hope this helps

User Tas Morf
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