SOLUTION: please help me solve this problem I have tried but keep getting it wrong Simplify the expression 8x - 5 - 2x +1

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Question 180446: please help me solve this problem I have tried but keep getting it wrong
Simplify the expression 8x - 5 - 2x +1

Answer by Mathtut(3670)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8x - 5 - 2x +1
:
6x-4.....added like terms together

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