SOLUTION: My homework is Adding and Subtracting Expressions. I have this problem on my homework 8x + 5x and I put 13. I don't know do they what the answer to the poblem or just tell them wha

Question 524711: My homework is Adding and Subtracting Expressions. I have this problem on my homework 8x + 5x and I put 13. I don't know do they what the answer to the poblem or just tell them what x is? I'm so lost on this.
Found 2 solutions by mananth, josmiceli:
Answer by mananth(16949) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When adding or subtracting you have to add or subtract the coefficients and write the answer with the variable.
The variables have to be the same.
8x+5x = (8+5)x=13x
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This just an addition of 2 numbers. There is no way
to know what is, so it can be anything.
Suppose , then

and

then

Now suppose I add

I get the same answer either way.
can be any real number and this still works
Hope this helps
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