when simplying expressions we need to group all the terms that have the same literal part, which is the letters that go by the side of the number.
![7c-4d+3c](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/wzxqynk9wkwfwbzsywceaovy6z6l5w0gsc.png)
in this expression the common term between 2 of them is c, we group them together
![(7c+3c)-4d](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/5zk17ek6pccmayjp8jxld1b9s27c4qbvsw.png)
we take the common factor out of the parentheses
![c(7+3)-4d](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/odhn27qlfvzvdtxxd21v1jgg2e30whysin.png)
solve the factor inside the parentheses
![c(10)-4d](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/i7txsvyioqy9uxpdw4izx74nqcgpnih5ze.png)
write the final expression
![10c-4d](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/drytcw9g6g4cb0ue1o9mfkp1gnrbedaz84.png)