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Help needed! Combine the like terms to make a simpler expression:
8t + 1 + (-4t) + (-6)

User Red Hyena
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4t-5

8t +- 4t = 8t - 4t = 4t
1 +-6 = -5

Hope this'll help you out
User Ibrewster
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move terms around
gropu like terms
t's with t's and contstans with constatns

8t+(-4t)+1+(-6)
add
8t-4t+1-6
4t+-5
4t-5
User Asachet
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