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Simplify the following completely and show your work:  (7x + 4) - (2x + 9)

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For this problem, we are given an expression with polynomials, and we need to simplify it.

The expression is:


(7x+4)-(2x+9)

We need to perform the subtraction between the two:


\begin{gathered} 7x-2x+4-9\\ \\ 5x-5 \end{gathered}

The simplified version is 5x-5.

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