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Simplify: 5x – 12y + 8x + 2xy + 4xy

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Answer:

13x-12y+6xy

Explanation:

To make this easier, we can rearrange these terms, and get

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

x and y just represent variables, so we can combine 5x and 8x to get 13x, and we can combine 2xy and 4xy to get 6xy.

Now we have 13x-12y+6xy, and nothing else can be combined.

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