Question

-3xy^2+5xy^2
Operations with polynomials

Answer 1

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Answer:

2xy^2

Explanation:

The terms are "like" so can be combined. It might be helpful to think of this as an application of the distributive property.

-3xy^2 +5xy^2 = (-3 +5)xy^2 = 2xy^2