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Add the like terms: -3ab+-10a+-8a
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Add the like terms: -3ab+-10a+-8a

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Check below! :D Answer is -3ab-18a.
Add the like terms: -3ab+-10a+-8a-example-1
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-10a and -8a are like terms, but -3ab is not equivalent. With the two a terms, we have:

-10a-8a

a(-10-8)

-18a

We then add in the other term (-3ab) for a final result of -3ab+-18a. This can be factored alternatively as -3a(b+6).
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