document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=260825>Question 260825</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can you please add this (3b^2 + 4x -10)+(-b^2 +5x + 6)...oh and this is 12th grade algebra </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #192125 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=192125\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 12th grade is last year in high school if I remember correctly.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "would that be right?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "equation is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "           3b^2 + 4x - 10\r\n" );
document.write( "plus:      -b^2 + 5x + 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "equals:    2b^2 + 9x - 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "you add all the like terms together.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3b^2 + (-b^2) = 3b^2 - b^2 = 2b^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x + 5x = 9x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-10 + 6 = -4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "put them all together and you get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2b^2 + 9x - 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when you add numbers together with different signs, you simply subtract the smaller number from the larger number and give the sign of the larger number to the result.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that's why -10 + 6 = -4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I subtracted 6 from 10 and got 4.   since the larger number of 10 was negative, I made the sign of the result negative.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3b^2 - b^2 = 2b^2 as follows:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3b^2 is the same as b^2 + b^2 + b^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b^2 + b^2 + b^2 - b^2 = b^2 + b^2 = 2 * b^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "same with 5x + 4x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5*x = x + x + x + x + x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4*x = x + x + x + x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add them together and you get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + x + x + x + x + x + x + x + x = 9 * x.\r<BR>\n" );
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