SOLUTION: How do uSimplify (5x+4)-(6x+2)?

Question 569540: How do uSimplify (5x+4)-(6x+2)?

Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I find that a minus sign is easier to deal with if I see it as part of the number that follows it. If I do not see a number, the number is an invisible 1. So for , I see . And for , I see .
For the problem above, I prefer to believe that I am seeing

I do not write it that way, but I see it that way in my mind, and that helps me keep the signs straight.

Otherwise, you have to remember (and hopefully justify to yourself) that to eliminate a set of brackets right after a minus sign, you also have to reverse all the signs inside the brackets, so that -(6x+2)=-(+6x+2) turns into .

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