SOLUTION: Can someone show me how to complete this problem..I have tried to look it up but can not figure it out. Add (2s^4-3s^3+4s^2+14s-9)+(s^5+9s^3+5s^2-4s+5)+(-5a^4+s^2-6s-7)

Question 241299: Can someone show me how to complete this problem..I have tried to look it up but can not figure it out.
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(2s^4-3s^3+4s^2+14s-9)+(s^5+9s^3+5s^2-4s+5)+(-5a^4+s^2-6s-7)
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
We need to combine like terms. Like terms in this problem are the ones that have the same power and base.
(2s^4-3s^3+4s^2+14s-9)+(s^5+9s^3+5s^2-4s+5)+(-5a^4+s^2-6s-7)
Here's how it would look:
(s^5+2s^4+6s^3+10s^2+4s-11)-5a^4 (Note: check to make sure you copied the -5a^4 correctly. If it's supposed to be -5s^4 then it can be added to +2s^4 which would make it -3s^4)
RJ Toftness
www.math-unlock.com
Thanks for the response. Since it's -5s^4 the answer will be:
s^5-3s^4-3s^3+4s^2+14s-11
There you go!
RJ
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