document.write( "Question 1156873: Please help I need to show each step for distributing the -1. \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "6. Simplify (5x^4 - 3x^2 + 7x - 10) - (2x^4 - 3x^3 + 6x - 17)
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\n" ); document.write( " (5x^4 + 2x^4) - 3x^2 + (7x - 6x)+ (-10 - 17 ) - 3x^3\r
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