SOLUTION: My teacher is killing me with these Algebra problems =( Could someone maybe help me out with them? 3x+4 + x-6 -------- 3x^2-2 <that was my answer (but is of it is wrong)

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Question 169914: My teacher is killing me with these Algebra problems =( Could someone maybe help me out with them?
3x+4
+ x-6
--------
3x^2-2 2x-1
+ -x+1
--------
2x^2-0 < again my wrong answer

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
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To add these expressions, simply combine like terms. Remember, "like" terms are terms that share the same variable AND the same exponent. So in the first example, 3x and x are like terms. Also, 4 and -6 are like terms.

So 3x+x can be written as 3x+1x. Now just add the coefficients 3 and 1 to get 3+1=4. So 3x+x=4x

Do the same with the constants (the terms without variables). So 4+(-6)=4-6=-2

# 1

3x+4 + x-6 -------- 4x-2

So

# 2

2x-1 + -x+1 -------- x+0

So