SOLUTION: How would this look like in a descending order? I am having trouble with it. 11a6– 8a – 3 +12a3

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Question 718760: How would this look like in a descending order? I am having trouble with it.
11a6– 8a – 3 +12a3

Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, Alan3354:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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When they say decreasing order, they just want the exponents to be sorted from largest to smallest. So 6 is the largest exponent here and it goes first. 3 is the next largest exponent, so it goes next. One is the next largest (the exponent for -8a=-8a%5E1), so that goes next. Finally, the last term is -3 since it has an exponent of 0 (-3 = -3a^0)

So the answer is -11a%5E6+%2B+12a%5E3+-+8a+-+3


Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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How would this look like in a descending order? I am having trouble with it.
11a6– 8a – 3 +12a3
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What sort of trouble?
Descending would be 6, 3, 1, 0