SOLUTION: My teacher doesn't explain anything... she's the go in your book work it out kind of teacher, and well we're reviewing polynomials from Algebra 1, and i'm completely lost.. (2p+5

Question 839535: My teacher doesn't explain anything... she's the go in your book work it out kind of teacher, and well we're reviewing polynomials from Algebra 1, and i'm completely lost..
(2p+5p^4)-(6p+6p^4) I don't know if it was a typo on edmodo or what but
i'm guessing we.. ethier foil?? or idk but i'm lost lol..
Answer by josh_jordan(263) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello. You are being asked to subtract one polynomial from the other. We are given the following:
(2p + 5p^4) - (6p + 6p^4)

First, we need to distribute the minus sign to everything in the parenthesis to the right of the minus sign. This gives us:

-6p - 6p^4

Now, we will combine this with the first polynomial:

2p + 5p^4 - 6p - 6p^4

Finally we will combine like terms to obtain our answer:

-4p - 6p^4

Let's rewrite this by putting the term with the highest degree (exponent) first, which is -6p^4:

-6p^4 - 4p, which is our answer
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