SOLUTION: Help please? Subtract. (-2 + 7n5 – 6n4) – (n5 – 4n4 + 8)

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Question 493722: Help please?
Subtract.
(-2 + 7n5 – 6n4) – (n5 – 4n4 + 8)

Answer by MRperkins(300) About Me  (Show Source):
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This problem is actually very simple. We start with (-2 + 7n5 – 6n4)and distribute the negative to the other terms to get -n5+4n4-8
then we combine like terms to get
6n%5E5-2n%5E4-10
Notice that the term with the highest exponent is written first and then the other terms are written in decreasing order of their exponents.