SOLUTION: Perform the indicated operations: (5x2-3x+2) + (-3x2 – 5x – 8) – (x2 + 3x – 10)

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Question 31355: Perform the indicated operations:
(5x2-3x+2) + (-3x2 – 5x – 8) – (x2 + 3x – 10)

Answer by Cintchr(481)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

First thing is to distribute the understood +1 and -1 that sit in front of the parentesis.
When doing this with +1, you can just drop the parenthesis.
But with the -1 it changes the signs of everything within the parenthesis.
It will look like this:

Combine like terms, Start with the x^2

next the x quantities

and finally the constants
DONE!

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