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Algebra.Com's Answer #9221 by Alwayscheerful(414)\"\" \"About 
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Next time, don't put these kind of questions in the Trigonometry-Basics section. You probably don't know what trignometry is. Please don't put these Algebra questions into this section. They are extrememly different.
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Solved by pluggable solver: EXPLAIN simplification of an expression
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  • Graphical form: \"-%285%2B5%29-4%2B8x\" simplifies to \"8%2Ax-14\"
  • Text form: -(5+5)-4+8x simplifies to 8*x-14
  • Cartoon (animation) form: \"simplify_cartoon%28+-%285%2B5%29-4%2B8x+%29\"
    For tutors: simplify_cartoon( -(5+5)-4+8x )
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DETAILED EXPLANATION

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Look at \"-highlight_red%28+%285%2B5%29+%29-4%2B8%2Ax\".
Remove unneeded parentheses around terms \"highlight_red%28+-5+%29\",\"highlight_red%28+-5+%29\"
It becomes \"-highlight_green%28+5+%29-highlight_green%28+5+%29-4%2B8%2Ax\".
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Look at \"-highlight_red%28+5+%29-highlight_red%28+5+%29-highlight_red%28+4+%29%2B8%2Ax\".
Added fractions or integers together
It becomes \"highlight_green%28+-14+%29%2B8%2Ax\".
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Look at \"highlight_red%28+-14+%29%2B8%2Ax\".
Moved \"-14\" to the right of expression
It becomes \"8%2Ax%2Bhighlight_green%28+-14+%29\".
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Look at \"8%2Ax%2Bhighlight_red%28+-14+%29\".
Removed extra sign in front of \"-14\"
It becomes \"8%2Ax-highlight_green%28+14+%29\".
Result: \"8%2Ax-14\"
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