Question

Help me on this question please!

Answer 1

16

Explanation:

You're doing a subtraction problem between (x+5) and (2x+3)

(x+5) - (2x+3) =

**You need to solve for x first then plug it in to find the answer.***

(I had to break the parentheses because that is the only way to solve)

-x +8

x= -8

-8 + 5 - (-16+3)

-3 + 16 + 3

13 + 3 = 16

Answer 2

-x+2

Explanation:

(x+5)-(2x+3)
distribute
x+5-2x-3
combine like terms
x-2x+5-3
-x+2