SOLUTION: How do you solve the question: -3+6y+4x-7y=?.I need help combining like terms. How do you do it? Please help! Thanks!

SOLUTION: How do you solve the question: -3+6y+4x-7y=?.I need help combining like terms. How do you do it? Please help! Thanks!

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Question 214876: How do you solve the question: -3+6y+4x-7y=?.I need help combining like terms. How do you do it? Please help! Thanks!
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, identify the common terms. The terms 6y and -7y are like terms because they have the same variable expression 'y' attached to them. So we can say (basically factor out the GCF 'y' and subtract then simplify). In short,

In the bigger picture, this means:

So
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