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Question 626418: ESSAY QUESTION: MUST SHOW ALL WORK!!
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Roxanne's flower shop estimates that supplies costs for one month will be given by the POLYNOMIAL 2x^2-3x -2.
Roxanne also estimates that the utilities for one month is given by 4x-6.
Find and SIMPLIFY an expression that would estimate Roxanne's total costs for ONE month.
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Answer by nerdybill(7384) About Me  (Show Source):
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Roxanne's flower shop estimates that supplies costs for one month will be given by the POLYNOMIAL 2x^2-3x -2.
Roxanne also estimates that the utilities for one month is given by 4x-6.
Find and SIMPLIFY an expression that would estimate Roxanne's total costs for ONE month.
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total cost is:
"cost of supplies" + "cost of utilities"
plug in the given expression for each:
2x^2-3x -2 + 4x-6
rewrite:
2x^2-3x+4x-2-6
2x^2+x-2-6
2x^2+x-8 (this is what they're looking for)