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Combine Like terms: 3x – 2x + 5 + x

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User Ijeoma
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Answer:

2x + 5

Explanation:

3x – 2x + 5 + x

combining the underlined would = 2x: subtracting 2x from 3x is just x, but then you +x which gets you 2x

and then you just bring down the 5, since you can't combine them.

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