document.write( "Question 36938: can someone please simplfy this for me, i dont understand the solver, thank you so much..
\n" ); document.write( "(5x^3+8x^2-4x)+(3x^2+7x+1) \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #22717 by mbarugel(146)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "Since all the terms are summed, we can remove the parenthesis, to get:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5x%5E3%2B8x%5E2-4x%2B3x%5E2%2B7x%2B1\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And now it's a matter of combining like terms.
\n" ); document.write( "Which terms contain x^3? We only have 5x^3
\n" ); document.write( "Which terms contain x^2? We have +8x^2 and +3x^2. So we get +11x^2
\n" ); document.write( "Which terms contain x? We have -4x and +7x. So we get 3x
\n" ); document.write( "Which terms don't contain any x? We only have +1.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the result of this sum is
\n" ); document.write( "\"5x%5E3+%2B+11x%5E2+%2B+3x+%2B+1\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I hope this helps!
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