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The answer to the polynomial

The answer to the polynomial-example-1
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-Polynomials don't have answers.
This question just wants you to add 2 polynomials.
The pencil work under the first one is incorrect.

Here's what you need to do to find the sum of polynomials:

-- Remove parentheses.
(If there's a plus sign before the whole parentheses, then just erase the parentheses. If there's a minus sign before the whole thing, then change the sign of each term inside, and erase the parentheses.)

-- Add up all the x² terms.
Like this ...

x² + x² = 2x²
or
2x² + 7x² = 9x²

-- Add up all the x³ terms the same way.

-- Add up all the 'x' terms the same way.

-- Add up the plain numbers.

-- Write down all the sums as a new polynomial.
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