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Combine like terms to simplify the expression:

-7x + 3y - 2 + 6x - 1 - y2

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-x+y-3
this is the final answer
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It seems that the expression is - 7x + 3y - 2 + 6x -1 - y^2

like terms:

-7x + 6x = - x

3y stands alone

-2 - 1 = -3

- y^2 stands alone

Answer: - x + 3y - 3 - y^2

[note: if the last term is not y^2 but 2y, then you have to combine +3y - 2y = y and the answer would be - x + y - 3]
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