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Sunil says that the expressions 5x - 3x 2(x+6) 12 and are not equivalent because one expression has a term that is subtracted and the other does not. Do you​ agree? Explain.

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Disagreee because it don’t ad up
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Answer:

I disagree because they are equivalent.

Explanation:

You can subtract like terms you just can't subtract 2 non-like terms. They both equal 2x + 12

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