SOLUTION: Please help with my homework problem #49. Add or subtract as indicated. (3x^3 + 2x^2 +8x) + (x^3 - 5x^2 + 7) Thank you so much. Pam

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Question 30050: Please help with my homework problem #49. Add or subtract as indicated.
(3x^3 + 2x^2 +8x) + (x^3 - 5x^2 + 7)
Thank you so much.
Pam

Answer by sdmmadam@yahoo.com(530) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(3x^3 + 2x^2 +8x) + (x^3 - 5x^2 + 7)
=(3x^3 + x^3)+ (2x^2 - 5x^2)+8x + 7 (grouping like terms which is nothing but repeated additive commutativity and associativity)
=4x^3-3x^2+8x+7