SOLUTION: subtract:4a-7ab+3b+12 from 12a-9ab+5b-3

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Question 162255: subtract:4a-7ab+3b+12 from 12a-9ab+5b-3
Answer by tutor_paul(519)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I will rewrite the problem as follows:

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Next, simplify by removing parentheses. Notice how that minus sign affects everything in the right set of parentheses. It is like multiplying each term by -1.

Now, just combine "like" terms and you are done:

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Good Luck,
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