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Which polynomial represents the difference below?

(8x^2 + 9) - (3x^2 + 2x + 5)
A. 11x^2 – 2x+ 4
B. 5x^2 - 2x + 14
C. 5x^2 - 2x + 4
D. 11x^2 + 2x + 14
PLSSS help I don’t got da money for a trial

User Atural
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Answer: C. 5x^2-2x+4
all you need to do to figure this out is distribute the minus sign to the last part of the polynomial and then just combine the common factors in it.
hope this helps :)
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