SOLUTION: Essay question: show all work. Find the difference: (3x2 – 6x + 8) – (-8x2 + x – 4)

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Question 483686: Essay question: show all work. Find the difference:
(3x2 – 6x + 8) – (-8x2 + x – 4)

Answer by Learners04(5)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a question on polynomials.
we are to subtract one quadratic equation from the other.
(3x2 – 6x + 8) – (-8x2 + x – 4)
open the second bracket with the -ve sign and we have,

3x^2-6x+8+8x^2-x+4
collect like terms
3x^2+8x^2-6x-x+8+4 = 11x^2-7x+12
therefore the final answer is 11x^2-7x+12

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