SOLUTION: help simplify -(5x+5)-4+8x

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Question 19161: help simplify -(5x+5)-4+8x
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Remove unneeded parentheses around terms highlight_red%28+-5%2Ax+%29,highlight_red%28+-5+%29
It becomes .
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Added fractions or integers together
It becomes .
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Moved -9 to the right of expression
It becomes .
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Removed extra sign in front of -9
It becomes .
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Eliminated similar terms highlight_red%28+-5%2Ax+%29,highlight_red%28+8%2Ax+%29 replacing them with highlight_green%28+%28-5%2B8%29%2Ax+%29
It becomes .
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Added fractions or integers together
It becomes .
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Remove unneeded parentheses around factor highlight_red%28+3+%29
It becomes .
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