SOLUTION: Simplify (b^c + 7bc - 3)- (12b^c - 2bc + 5)

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Question 37725: Simplify
(b^c + 7bc - 3)- (12b^c - 2bc + 5)

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Simplify
(b^c + 7bc - 3)- (12b^c - 2bc + 5)
This is simply a matter of combining like terms.
Remember pos. and neg. symbols remain with their respective variables.
We distribute the negative symbol in the second set.
So...

Can be combined as...

becomes...

This is the most this problem can be simplified
Good Luck!

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