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When 6x - 3 is subtracted from 3x + 8 the difference is

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If 6x - 3 is subtracted from 3x + 8 the we can writte it like:


3x+8-(6x-3)

then we can multiply the - into the parenthesis so:


3x+8-6x+3

then we simplify the term with an x and the term with constants so this is the difference:


-3x+11

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