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What is the answer to - 4a - 5b + 7a - 3b

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So the first step to solving this is to collect your like terms. So 7a is going to be added to -4a. So -4a+7a=3a
-5b-3b=-8b
The final answer should be 3a-8b
I Hope this helped :)
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