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This student incorrectly simplified this expression.

−12m+3+5m
Step 1: −7m + 3
Step 2: −4m
Identify the student's error.
Explain what they did wrong.

User Odan
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Answer:

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dont subtract 3 from -7m so it would be -7m + 3

7m

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= m = 3

User Leandro Tuttini
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