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Simplify : -4x + 5y -2y +12y -8x

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-4x+5y-2y+12y-8x

To simplify this expression you combine like terms, by adding or substracting coefficients of similar terms.

Similar terms:

-4x-8x= -12x

5y-2y+12y= 15y

Then, you get the next expression:


=-12x+15y

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