SOLUTION: find the difference, please show steps thanks! (-5x2 + 2x – 5) – (7x2 – 2x – 3)

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Question 618937: find the difference, please show steps thanks!
(-5x2 + 2x – 5) – (7x2 – 2x – 3)

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Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
(-5x2 + 2x – 5) – (7x2 – 2x – 3)
Distribute the -1
-5x2 + 2x – 5 – 7x2 + 2x + 3
combine like terms
-12x^2+4x-2
There you go.
Make sense?
RJ
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Answer by Maths68(1474) About Me  (Show Source):