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- 14x-10x + 19x
PLEASE HELP MEEE!!
(simplify it)

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Answer:

These add up to -5x

Explanation:

What you have here is three multiples of x being added and subtracted. Since they are all in the same format (a constant number times x), you can simply add the numbers together.

A potentially easier way to look at it is to think of x as just some type of item. Maybe x is an apple. This means that you are taking -14 apples, subtracting 10 apples, and adding 19 apples.

With that in mind, all you need to do here is take the sum of the numbers, and multiply that by x to get the answer.


-14x - 10x + 19x\\\\Is\ the\ same\ as\ saying:\\-14 * x - 10 * x + 19 * x\\\\= x(-14 - 10 + 19)\\\\= x * -5\\= -5x

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