document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=419340>Question 419340</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (-5+6x^7+2x^5) + (9x^7+5x^5+9)  Add. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #293275 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=duckness73><B>duckness73(47)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=duckness73><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=duckness73><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=293275\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-5%2B6x%5E7%2B2x%5E5%29+%2B+%289x%5E7%2B5x%5E5%2B9%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-5%2B6x%5E7%2B2x%5E5%29+%2B+%289x%5E7%2B5x%5E5%2B9%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > you will need to add \"like terms\", that is, terms where the exponent is the same.  You have two terms with exponent of 7, two terms with exponent 5 and two terms with no exponent.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearranging so that we have \"like terms\" together, we get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Combining \"like terms\" gives us the answer:<BR>\n" );
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