document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=463665>Question 463665</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (7x^4+8x^3-5)-(5x^2-4x+1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract and simplify </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "= 7x^4 + 8x^3 - 5 - 5x^2 + 4x - 1 {took out parentheses, watch signs on 2nd set}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 7x^4 + 8x^3 - 5x^2 + 4x - 6 {combined like terms and wrote in decreasing order of exponents}<BR>\n" );
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