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Help me show your process anx simply by coming like terms

Help me show your process anx simply by coming like terms-example-1
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2a-8a^2+a-3a^2\text{ + 5 - 2 = }3a-11a^2\text{ + 3}

To simplify by combining like terms, we bring the terms with the same alphabets description together.

In this case, the ones with a come together, the ones with a^2 also come together.

Thus, we have;


\begin{gathered} 2a-8a^2+a-3a^2\text{ + 5 - 2} \\ \\ a-\text{terms ; 2a + a} \\ \\ a^2terms;-8a^2-3a^2 \\ \\ \text{And; +5 -2} \\ \\ We\text{ have;} \\ \\ 3a-11a^2\text{ + 3} \end{gathered}

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