SOLUTION: Show your work 7x - 2 + 3x - 9

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Question 42407: Show your work
7x - 2 + 3x - 9

Found 2 solutions by prabhjyot, jmg:
Answer by prabhjyot(165) About Me  (Show Source):
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7x - 2 + 3x - 9
adding like terms
(7x+3x)+(-2-9)
10x -11
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Answer by jmg(22) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
all that you can do on this one if this is all of the problem is combine like terms.
7x - 2 + 3x - 9 --> rewrite first with all addition. Remember that subtracting a positive is the same as adding a negative.
7x + (- 2) + 3x + ( - 9)
Rearrange with like terms together
(7x + 3x) + (( -2) + (-9))
10x + -11 Combine the likes terms
10x - 11 Rewrite in simplest form. adding a negative is
the same as subtracting a
positive.