document.write( "Question 170076: reduce
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Algebra.Com's Answer #125517 by nerdybill(7384) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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\n" ); document.write( "Now, we can cancel like-terms:
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\n" ); document.write( "Distributing the -1:
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