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What is -4R-2r+5 as a simpler exspression

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-4-2=-6 so its -6r+5
User Mrok
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\sf-4R-2r+5 is already in simplest form.

But if you meant to say
\sf-4r-2r+5, we would combine the first two terms.

Adding/subtracting like terms is the same as adding/subtracting whole numbers.


\sf-4-2=-6

Therefore:


\sf-4r-2r=-6r

Which gives us:


\boxed{\sf-6r+5}
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