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16.
(a)
Simply
3b + 5b - 2


User Till Helge
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Combine like terms

1. Add 3b and 5b (combine like terms)

2. After adding you are supposed to get 8b

3. The -2 would stay as it is because we can't add it to 8b

4. So the answer would be 8b-2

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