Put a minus sign between them keeping them in parentheses: (5x² + 10x - 5) - (4x² - 6x + 1) Remove parentheses. The second parentheses is preceded by a -, so change the signs of all terms inside when removing parentheses: 5x² + 10x - 5 - 4x² + 6x - 1 Combine like terms 5x² and -4x² as 1x² or x². Combine like terms 10x and 6x as 16x. Combine like terms -5 and -1 as -6. x² + 16x - 6. Edwin